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Alona [7]
4 years ago
6

What is the total number of electron pairs shared between the carbon atom and one of the oxygen atoms in a carbon dioxide molecu

le?
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1 answer:
TEA [102]4 years ago
7 0
The answer is 2 pairs. The carbon atom has 4 electrons and oxygen atom has 6 electrons. The purpose of shared electron is to get 8 electrons at the outer layer. So the carbon atom needs to share 4 electrons which is 2 pairs with oxygen to be stable.
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