Line in place of paired dots

[Samantha Lee 1A]

Are we able to use a solid line to indicate 2 electrons (not the bond)? ie) Flourine having 3 lines and one dot.

[Kyle Walsh 2J]

Hi! I think that this is up to the professor, but in general, lines are only used for bonds and lone pairs are represented by pairs of dots. Otherwise it could get a bit confusing.

[Charlotte Adams 1A]

I think he wants us to use lines to show a bond and for us to draw out lone pairs of electrons

[Crystal Pan 2G]

It's probably better to draw the lone pairs as pairs of dots, and to leave the lines to denote bonds.

[George Cazares 1E]

Lone pairs of electrons are usually drawn as a pair of dots, and bonds are usually drawn as lines.

[anikamenon2H]

No, it's pretty universal that a single line indicates a covalent bond where two electrons are being shared so it would be unclear what you meant if you replaced the two dots representing a lone pair with a single line. To reiterate, the two dots indicate a lone pair, which means those electrons are not interacting with the other atoms' electrons while a single dash indicates two electrons being shared between atoms. As these two symbols have very different meanings, it's best to stick to convention.

Hope this helps!

[apurva-3E]

Use lines for bonds and dots for lone pairs.

[aashmi_agrawal_3d]

I think we should use lines to show bonds and dots for lone pairs as that is the proper notation.

[Darlene Lien 3E]

Hi, based on the examples in the lecture, I think it would be best to use dots to represent the lone pair electrons and lines to represent the bonds.