Lewis Structure for Compounds
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Lewis Structure for Compounds
In Class, Dr. Lavelle mentioned that you should not draw 2 cations next to each other when drawing the lewis dot structure of an ionic compound. Why is that?
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Re: Lewis Structure for Compounds
I believe this is because cations are positively charges and, therefore, would repel each other if put next to each other.
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Re: Lewis Structure for Compounds
This relates to electron repulsion in that two electrons of the same charge will repulse each other.
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Re: Lewis Structure for Compounds
Cations lose their outermost electrons causing it to change from a neutral atom to a +positively charged atom. Two cations would repel each other since both would be +positive.
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Re: Lewis Structure for Compounds
Due to electrostatic repulsion the positive cations will repel each other and this is the least likely to occur on a molecular level.
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Re: Lewis Structure for Compounds
How do we know which Lewis structure is correct and whether we have to add a double bond or not?
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