Beryllium, octet rule exceptions

The same principle applies for BeCl2, BeH2, BCl3 etc. Beryllium and boron compounds are exceptions to the octet rule. 

Exceptions Sometimes atoms break the octet rule. Molecules with such atoms include molecules with an odd number of electrons, molecules with an atom having less than an octet, and molecules with an atom having more than an octet. Compounds containing boron and beryllium may contain less than an octet. Molecules with an atom containing more than an octet must contain an atom from the third period or greater in the periodic table because only these a tours have vacant d orbitals available for hybridization. 

There are exceptions to the octet rule. Helium, for example, is incredibly stable with just two valence electrons in its outermost principal energy level. The same holds true for lithium and beryllium as well. This indicates that it isn t so much having an octet that stabilizes the atom, as it is the issue of having a full outermost principal energy level. 

Most of the common elements in organic compounds—C, N, O, and the halogens— follow the octet rule. Hydrogen is a notable exception, because it accommodates only two electrons in bonding. Additional exceptions include boron and beryllium (second-row elements in groups 3A and 2A, respectively), and elements in the third row (particularly phosphorus and sulfur). 

Distribute the electron dots so that each atom, except for hydrogen, beryllium, and boron, satisfies the octet rule. 

Count the number of electrons surrounding each atom. Except for hydrogen, beryllium, and boron, all atoms must satisfy the octet rule. Check that the number of valence electrons is still the same number you determined in step 1. 

The octet rule predicts that atoms form enough covalent bonds to surround themselves with eight elechons each. When one atom in a covalently bonded pair donates two electrons to the bond, the Lewis structure can include the formal charge on each atom as a means of keeping track of the valence electrons. There are exceptions to the octet rule, particularly for covalent beryllium compounds, elements in Group 3A, and elements in the third period and beyond in the periodic table. 

Only four electrons surround the beryllium atom in BeHj. Consequently, BeH2 is a stable exception to the octet rule. 

The other exceptions to this rule involve compounds of boron and beryllium, which form compounds like BeHj and BF3, in which there are four and six electrons, respectively, in their completed valence shells. However, the octet rule applies to all of the other elements in the first and second periods of the Periodic Table, on whose compounds we will now focus our attention. 

Beryllium has two electrons in its outer most shell. In this case, there is an exception to the octet rule, because in the formation of the molecule, only two... 

Atoms with eight valence electrons are particularly stable and are said to have an octet. Atoms such as hydrogen, helium, lithium, and beryllium are exceptions to the octet rule as they achieve stability when their outermost shell contains two electrons—a duet. A chemical bond is the sharing or transfer of electrons to attain stable electron configurations among the bonding atoms. 

Acceptable. Beryllium is an exception to the octet rule and requires only two bonds. 

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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ ]

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