Explain the electro dot structure in CO2

1.	Explain the electro dot structure in CO2
Answer» Lewis structure of CO2Print Friendly and PDFStep method to draw lewis structure of Carbon MonoxideC:4O:6x2=12Total=16Step2: Find octet e- for each atom and add them together.C:8O:x2=16Total=24Step3: Gives you bonding e-. Subtract step 1 total from step 224-16=8e-Step 4: Find number of bonds by diving the number in step 3 by 2(because each bond is made of 2 e-)8e-/2= 4 bond pairsStep 5: Find the number of nonbonding (lone pairs) e-. Subtract step 3 number from step 1.16-8= 8e-=4 lone pairsUse information from step 4 and 5 to draw the lewis structure.Carbon goes in the centre

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