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Yes. Magnesium gives up 2 electrons and goes down to a lower electron shell with a full octet. Each chlorine gains 1 electron from the magnesium to complete its octet.
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Why there is restriction in fluorine to an octet?
Flourins has 2s2 and 2p5 configuration and total 9 electrons in outermost shell. There are two possibilities for fluorine i.e. either to complete the outermost shell or to follow the octet rule. If it follow the octet rule there will remain 4 electrons in 2p. Hence its reactivity towards metals or other compounds will differ which is against its nature.Thats why flourine shows restrictions towards octet rule
How boron atoms will follow octet rule and why?
they enjoy making love to oxygen atoms
Does lithium follow the octet rule?
Sort of. Lithium loses one electron in order to achieve the noble gas configuration of helium, which has only two valence electrons in its 1s sublevel. The octet rule refers to the fact that atoms share or transfer electrons in order to achieve a noble gas configuration with eight valence electrons, called an octet. Helium is an exception to the rule.
Which obeys the octet rule PF5 Cs2 BBr3 CO3 2?
I know for sure BBr# & PF5 do not obey the octet rule, but i can't remember the rule of isotopes so I can't say for sure whether or not CO3 -2 obeys it or not.
Explain why hydrogen is unique?
Hydrogen is different because it is the only element to not contain a neutron. It also does not follow the octet rule, and can be"happy" with two electrons like Helium. I hope that covers it!
Draw an atomic representation for MgCl2 on octet rule?
MgCl2
How does oxygen not follow the octet rule?
It does follow the octet rule!
In which bonding patterns does X obey the octet rule?
no it does not follow octet rule
What rule do the nonmetal atoms follow?
octet rule
Does AsH3 follow the octet rule?
PF5
Does BCl3 follow the octet rule?
nope
Does H2S follow the octet rule?
H2S does follow the octet rule. When you draw the Lewis Structure for H2S, it looks like this: If you count up the lone pairs and sigma bonds (each worth 2), there are 8, thus, H2S follows the octet rule.
A molecule with bonding that follow the octet rule?
Boron And Berylium
Does AlCl3 follow octet rule?
no beacuse i dont know
Which one doesn't follow the octet rule nh3 cf4 bcl3 ash3 hcl?
Boron trichloride does not follow the octet rule. Boron does not allow the eight required electrons in the outer shell.
Does PCl2F3 follow the octet rule?
yes PCl3 obey octet rule there are 5 electrons in the valence shell of phosphorous it need 3 electron to complete its octet so it form bond with 3 chlorine after bond formation there are 8 electron in its octet it obey octet rule
What is octet rule and give two examples which do not follow this rule?
The octet rule is a rule in chemistry where elements want to form bonds to attain 8 electrons in their valence shell. An example of this would be sodium chloride. Bonds that don't have 8 electrons in their valence shell don't follow this rule
