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  • Mar 17, 2009, 02:11 PM
    Connie Reed
    Chlorine in a lewis structure?
    Please provide answer to what is chlorine in a lewis structure
  • Mar 17, 2009, 05:08 PM
    shortstuff001

    Cl has 7 valence electrons which would make it an anionso the Lewis Symol would be Cl with 7 dots around the Cl but Cl is part of the group of elements that have 2 of it's self to stand alone, so in a Lewis structure it would be Cl-Cl with three lone pairs on each Cl. Dash meaning a single bond so it would look like this.

    .. .
    :Cl - Cl:
    .. .
  • Mar 17, 2009, 05:10 PM
    shortstuff001
    Sorry it didn't turn out right the top dots 2 on top of each Cl 2 dot under each Cl and 2 dots on the left of the 1st Cl and 2 dots on the right of 2nd Cl
  • Feb 28, 2010, 05:02 PM
    nayeasknaye
    Chlorine is in group 7A therefore it has 7 valence electrons , so its lewis structure (Cl) is surrounded by 7 dots.
    1 dot to the rght of Cl, then 2 dots on the top, left, and bottom.
  • Feb 28, 2010, 05:05 PM
    nayeasknaye

    ..
    :Cl - the slash represents a single
    .. dot.
  • Jan 30, 2011, 03:41 AM
    nlpongcal163
    ..
    :Cl:
    .

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