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C is the central atom. Carbon is single bonded to H and Cl and double bonded to O.
Three lone pairs of electrons on Cl and two lone pairs on O. H-C=O:: l :Cl:: In CHClO there are 18 valence electrons that can be found by looking at their Group A# (4=carbon, 1=Hydrogen,7=Chlorine, 6=Oxygen) Each loan pair counts as 2 and each bond counts as 2, so when the equation is completed, count up how many electrons to make sure it equals how many valence electrons for all the atoms (18). _____________________________________________________________
The following original solution is incorrect because Hydrogen can not make more than one bond and can not exceed 2 electrons, EVER. Also for future notes, Chlorine can not make more than one bond either. Furthermore, no atom can exceed 8 electrons due to the octet rule.
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The central atom is C making the structure look like :O: .. H-C-Cl: '' The central atom is C making the structure look like :O: .. H-C-Cl: ''
The original solution is correct, the formatting was just messed up. Cl bonds to carbon instead of H like the formatting makes it look like. Carbon is in the middle with single bond between it and Cl and H. There is a double bond between C and O. H has no unbonded electrons (it only needs two and gets both from the bond). Cl gets two electrons from the bond and has three unbonded electron pairs. O gets four electrons from its double bond and has two unbonded electron pairs. Carbon gets all its electrons from its bonds.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoCarbon (C) in the center
4 bonds (tetrahedral shape)
3 Cl + C bonds totaling 8 Valence electrons for each element, Hydrogen totals 2 Valence electrons (remember Hydrogen and Helium are different)
H
Cl-C-Cl
Cl
Hard to draw dots here...
Picture bond lines from C-H and C-Cl each bond counts as 2 valence electrons (sharing)
Cl has naturally 7 valence electrons but shares with C to get the 8 (achieve noble gas configuration) so the 3 Cl's should have one bond and 6 dots, the H should just have 1 bond.
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∙ 10y agoH
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Cl : C : Cl
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Cl
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∙ 11y agoh=1, cl=1
h=+1, cl= -1
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∙ 11y ago- c
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