B biostudent101 Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Dec 24, 2008 Messages 43 Reaction score 0 Jul 27, 2009 #1 Q314. how many lone electron pairs are found in AsBr3? the solution manual says 10 lone electron pairs. I don't understand where he got 10 from? Thanks Members don't see this ad.
Q314. how many lone electron pairs are found in AsBr3? the solution manual says 10 lone electron pairs. I don't understand where he got 10 from? Thanks Members don't see this ad.
D Dentite99 Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined May 28, 2009 Messages 130 Reaction score 0 Jul 27, 2009 #2 biostudent101 said: Q314. how many lone electron pairs are found in AsBr3? the solution manual says 10 lone electron pairs. I don't understand where he got 10 from? Thanks Click to expand... Try to draw it out: As has 5 total e-, sharing three , Br has 7 valence, sharing one. Put 3 Br's around the central As and add up the pairs= 10 e- pairs. Upvote 0 Downvote
biostudent101 said: Q314. how many lone electron pairs are found in AsBr3? the solution manual says 10 lone electron pairs. I don't understand where he got 10 from? Thanks Click to expand... Try to draw it out: As has 5 total e-, sharing three , Br has 7 valence, sharing one. Put 3 Br's around the central As and add up the pairs= 10 e- pairs.
nze82 Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined May 15, 2009 Messages 1,922 Reaction score 4 Jul 27, 2009 #3 As = Group 5 Br = Group 7 5 + 3(7) = 26 Three bonds connect Br to the central As atom, so: 26 - 3(2) = 20 --># of lone pairs Now distribute these 20 electrons around the Br and then As atoms: How many pairs of red dots do you see? 10 Upvote 0 Downvote
As = Group 5 Br = Group 7 5 + 3(7) = 26 Three bonds connect Br to the central As atom, so: 26 - 3(2) = 20 --># of lone pairs Now distribute these 20 electrons around the Br and then As atoms: How many pairs of red dots do you see? 10
B biostudent101 Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Dec 24, 2008 Messages 43 Reaction score 0 Jul 28, 2009 #4 thanks. i got it. Upvote 0 Downvote