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The first two electrons in a given principal level are always in the s sublevel and are together (paired) in the same orbital, the spherical s orbital. Recalling Hund s rule from this same discussion, electrons in the p sublevel do not pair up until after all three orbitals get an electron. Lewis structures use the element symbol with dots around the symbol to characterize the outermost electron level of that element. If you imagine the symbol enclosed in a square, each of the four sides of the square represents an orbital. Thus one side of the square represents an s orbital and the other three sides represent p orbitals within the outermost level. See Figure 6.1. Which side we use to represent... 

Lewis structure The structural formula drawn with Lewis symbols that shows the valence electrons using dots. 

Electron flow paths are written in the language of Lewis dot structures and curved arrows. Lewis dot structures are used to keep track of all electrons, and curved arrows are used to symbolize electron movement. You must be able to draw a proper Lewis structure complete with formal charges accurately and quickly. Your command of curved arrows must also be automatic. These two points cannot be overemphasized, since all explanations of reactions will be expressed in the language of Lewis structures and curved arrows. A Lewis structure contains the proper number of electrons, the correct distribution of those electrons over the atoms, and the correct formal charge. We will show all valence electrons lone pairs are shown as darkened dots and bonds by lines. 

In conclusion, the Boys localization procedure may be considered as the mathematification of the qualitative Lewis and Linnett theories. As pointed out, in this perspective a formal signification of the symbols used by these authors can be proposed these represent not localized electrons but centroids of charge of localized orbitals. Within this interpretation, the former theories agree much better with the ideas of quantum mechanics such as the wave character of electrons that prevents their localization. Moreover, the results obtained by the Boys procedure allow us to predict the Lewis and (or) Linnett structures of many chemical species without performing explicit calculations. For example, linear and bent 1,3-dipoles are described by the following general formulas ... 

It will require one sulfur atom to accept the two electrons lost by one magnesium atom. The formula of magnesium sulfide must be MgS. Again, Lewis symbols will be used to show the electron transfer from magnesium to sulfur. As with all ionic compounds, the ions in the crystal of MgS are held together by ionic bonds, the natural attraction between ions of opposite charge. 

Normally, we use the word bond to describe the linkage between a particular pair of atoms as, for example, the H and Cl atoms in HC1, or the N and one of the H atoms in NH3. The student will already be familiar with the Lewis electron dot symbols for atoms and molecules whereby we would represent the HCl and NH3 molecules by (3-1) and (3-II). The basic idea of... 

Whenever Lewis applied his model to covalent compotmds, he noted that the atoms seemed to share pairs of electrons. He also noted that most compoxmds contained even numbers of electrons, which suggested that electrons exist in pairs. He therefore replaced his cubic model of the atom, in which eight electrons were oriented toward the surfaces of a cube, with a model based on pairs of electrons. In this notation, each atom is surrounded by up to fom pairs of dots, corresponding to the eight possible valence electrons. This symbolism is still in use today. The only significant modification is the use of fines to indicate covalent bonds formed by the sharing of a pair of electrons. The Lewis structures for F2 and O2 are written as follows ... 

LEWIS SYMBOLS AND THE OCTET RULE We begin with descriptions of the three main types of chemical bonds ionic, covaient, and metaiiic. In evaluating bonding, Lewis symbois provide a useful shorthand for keeping track of valence electrons. 

The valence electrons in the outermost energy level of an atom are responsible for the electron activity that occurs to form chemical bonds. The Lewis structure of an atom is a representation that shows the valence electrons for that atom. American chemist Gilbert N. Lewis (1875-1946) proposed using the symbol for the element and dots for electrons. The number of dots placed around the symbol equals the number of s and p electrons in the outermost energy level of the atom. Paired dots represent paired electrons unpaired dots represent unpaired electrons. For example, H" is the Lewis symbol for a hydrogen atom, Is B is the Lewis symbol for a boron atom, with valence electrons 2s 2p In the case of boron, the symbol B represents the boron nucleus and the Is electrons the dots represent only the 2s 2p electrons. 

It is useful to have some simple way of showing the hydrogen atom s single electron in chemical symbols and formulas. This is accomplished with electron-dot symbols or Lewis symbols (after G. N. Lewis), which use dots around the symbol of an element to show outer electrons (those that may become involved in chemical bonds). The Lewis symbol for hydrogen is... 

As mentioned in Section 1.3, elemental hydrogen consists of molecules made up of 2 H atoms held together by a chemical bond consisting of two shared electrons. Just as it is useful to show electrons in atoms with a Lewis symbol, it is helpful to visualize molecules and the electrons in them with electron-dot formnlas or Lewis formulas as shown for the H2 molecule in Figure 3.4. 

The formation of Na from Na and CP from CI2 indicates that an electron has been lost by a sodium atom and gained by a chlorine atom. Electron transfer to form oppositely charged ions occurs when the atoms involved differ greatly in their attraction for electrons. NaCl is a rather typical ionic compound because it consists of a metal of low ionization energy and a nonmetal with a high affinity for electrons. (Sections 7.4 and 7.5) Using Lewis electron-dot symbols (and showing a chlorine atom rather than the CI2 molecule), we can represent this reaction as follows ... 

Use Lewis electron-dot symbols to represent the transfer of electrons from magnesium to fluorine atoms to form ions with noble-gas configurations. 

Use Lewis symbols to represent the electron transfer between the following atoms to give ions with noble-gas configurations ... 

You have used Lewis structures in previous studies to indicate the valence electrons of atoms. Recall that to draw the Lewis structure of an atom, replace its nucleus and inner electrons with its atomic symbol. 

It is time-consuming to draw electron arrangements using Bohr-Rutherford diagrams. It is much simpler to use Lewis structures to represent elements and the valence electrons of their atoms. To draw a Lewis structure, you replace the nucleus and inner energy levels of an atom with its atomic symbol. Then you place dots around the atomic symbol to represent the valence electrons. The order in which you place the first four dots is up to you. You may find it simplest to start at the top and proceed clockwise right, then bottom, then left. 

The American chemist G. N. Lewis introduced a useful model that describes the electronic structure of the atom and provides a starting point for describing chemical bonds. The Lewis model represents the valence electrons as dots arranged around the chemical symbol for the atom the core electrons are not shown. The first four dots are displayed singly around the four sides of the elemental symbol. If the atom has more than four valence electrons, their dots are then paired with those already present. The result is a Lewis dot symbol for that atom. The Lewis notation for the elements of the first two periods is... 

Resonance structures are diagrammatic tools used predominately in organic chemistry to symbolize resonant bonds between atoms in molecules. The electron density of these bonds is spread over the molecule, also known as the delocalization of electrons. Resonance contributors for the same molecule all have the same chemical formula and same sigma framework, but the pi electrons will be distributed differently among the atoms. Because Lewis dot diagrams often cannot represent the tme electronic stmcture of a molecule, resonance stmctures are often employed to approximate the tme electronic stmcture. Resonance stmctures of the same molecule are connected with a double-headed arrow. While organic chemists use resonance stmctures frequently, they are used in inorganic stmctures, with nitrate as an example. 

Because valence electrons are so important to the behavior of an atom, it is useful to represent them with symbols. A Lewis dot diagram illustrates valence electrons as dots (or other small symbols) aroimd the chemical symbol of an element. Each dot represents one valence electron. In the dot diagram, the element s symbol represents the core of the atom—the nucleus plus aU the inner electrons. The Lewis dot diagrams for several elements are shown in Figure 2.26. 

The first thing that coach would draw would be a little symbol for each of the players in the game. Similar to our coach s Xs and Os, most electrons in Lewis structures are drawn with an x or a dot ( ). In this book, I use dots. 

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