Question

Draw the Lewis dot structure for the compound gallium oxide with the chemical formula Ga2O3

Answer 1

Answer:

Refer to your periodic table. Lewis dot structures are based off the number of valence electrons an atom has.

Looking at the compounds, we can see that Gallium has three valence electrons in its outer shell and oxygen has six. Oxygen and Gallium are going to share electrons with one another, making a V shape in their diagram.

One Oxygen would make a double bond with a Gallium, leaving one valence electron to another oxygen. That oxygen takes that Final electron. It now has 7 in its outer shell. The remaining Gallium and Oxygen do the same double bond as the one before, leaving the 7 valence electron oxygen with one more electron.