Question

Draw the Lewis structure for BCl3. How many single bonds, double bonds, triple bonds, and unshared pairs of electrons are on the central atom, in that order

Answer 1

Answer :  The number of single bonds, double bonds, triple bonds, and unshared pairs of electrons on the central atom are, 3, 0, 0 and 0 respectively.

Explanation :

Lewis-dot structure : It shows the bonding between the atoms of a molecule and it also shows the unpaired electrons present in the molecule.

In the Lewis-dot structure the valance electrons are shown by 'dot'.

The given molecule is, $BCl_3$

As we know that boron has '3' valence electrons and chlorine has '7' valence electrons.

Therefore, the total number of valence electrons in $BCl_3$ = 3 + 3(7) = 24

According to Lewis-dot structure, there are 6 number of bonding electrons and 18 number of non-bonding electrons.

From the Lewis-dot structure we conclude that,

The number of single bonds, double bonds, triple bonds, and unshared pairs of electrons on the central atom are, 3, 0, 0 and 0 respectively.