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. .___. . O::C::O . .___. .

This is the Lewis Dot Structure for carbon dioxide. Both oxygens have 6e-, and carbon has 4. Each oxygen in this has two lone pairs and has a double connection with the carbon. This gives both oxygens and the carbon sets of 8 (Rule of Octets).

Double-check by calculating the formal charges; they all come out to 0.

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Carbon has 4 electrons in its outer shell, thus giving it a valency of 4, each electron being unpaired, so the Lewis dot structure would be a C with a dot or line above, below, to the right and to the left. I tried to draw it on here, but it didn't work.

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O::C::O

additionally with two more electron pairs (:) on each O atom outsided (not indicated here).

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Carbon as the central atom, double bonds from the carbon to each oxygen, two lone pairs on each oxygen

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:O::C::C:

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the C and O forms a double bond and the Cl's form a single bond with the C

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This is the Lewis structure of carbon dioxide:

O::C::O

O::C::O
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Refer to the related link for an illustration of the Lewis dot diagram for carbon dioxide.

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::O--C--O::

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