Drawing radicals

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Ahmed Mahmood 4D
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Drawing radicals

Postby Ahmed Mahmood 4D » Sat Dec 08, 2018 12:51 pm

When drawing radicals, how do we know which element receives the ‘odd’ number of electrons (i.e which element gets seven electrons instead of eight)?
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Ibrahim Malik 1H
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Re: Drawing radicals

Postby Ibrahim Malik 1H » Sat Dec 08, 2018 12:52 pm

The radical usually ends up being the central atom in the lewis structure.
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