Formal Charge Equation
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Re: Formal Charge Equation
I'm not entirely sure that there's a shortcut to the equation, but what we learned in lecture was that the formal charge = v - (l- b/2) where v is the number of valence electrons that the element has, l is the number of lone pair electrons that the atom has in the molecule, and b is the number of bonded electrons that it shares.
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Re: Formal Charge Equation
Formal Charge = Valence electrons - The number of electrons that are not in a bond(# of lone pairs * 2) - the number of bonds
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Re: Formal Charge Equation
In terms of finding the the formal charge a "short cut" when looking at lewis structures is to just count each dot and line as 1 and add them all the together. The same thing as counting all unpaired electrons and adding it to 1/2 the # of bonds. Thats how one of the UAs taught it and it made it faster for me than using the formula.
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Re: Formal Charge Equation
The formal charge equation is as follows
Valence electrons of atom-(number of lone pair electrons+ bonded electrons/2)
it's pretty easy to count the difference by just looking at the structure.
Valence electrons of atom-(number of lone pair electrons+ bonded electrons/2)
it's pretty easy to count the difference by just looking at the structure.
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Re: Formal Charge Equation
An easier way to look at the equation is:
FC = Valence electrons - (line + dots)
lines being the bonds
dots being the individuals in lone pairs
FC = Valence electrons - (line + dots)
lines being the bonds
dots being the individuals in lone pairs
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Re: Formal Charge Equation
So we count the individual dots in the lone pairs not the number of pairs themselves to. I learned that Formal Charge =V-(L+S/2) where V= valence e, L was the number of lone pairs, and s=number of shared electrons. I'm just a little confused about the lone pairs as I keep counting them as pairs and not individual electrons.
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Re: Formal Charge Equation
Jasmin Argueta 1K wrote:The shortcuts my PLF taught me was FC=sticks+dots around the molecule
I love how simple this is\. Thank you for putting this on here. Do we count the sticks as having two electrons or just counting the litiral sticks?
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Re: Formal Charge Equation
Ashley P 4I wrote:Jasmin Argueta 1K wrote:The shortcuts my PLF taught me was FC=sticks+dots around the molecule
I love how simple this is\. Thank you for putting this on here. Do we count the sticks as having two electrons or just counting the litiral sticks?
I also learned this shortcut. The sticks just count as one!
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Re: Formal Charge Equation
The shortcut to find the formal charge is to take valence electrons - (# of lines + # of dots)
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Re: Formal Charge Equation
Free valence electrons (based on periodic table ) - bonded valence electrons (based on the element given)
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Re: Formal Charge Equation
The way I look at the formal charge equation is:
Number of valence electrons - (Lone pairs + Bonds)
# of valence electrons: Given through the periodic table based on their period position
Lone pairs: The number of "dots" around an element
Bonds: The number of "lines" in between two elements
Number of valence electrons - (Lone pairs + Bonds)
# of valence electrons: Given through the periodic table based on their period position
Lone pairs: The number of "dots" around an element
Bonds: The number of "lines" in between two elements
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