CHEMICAL BONDING AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE

4.1.3 Lewis Representation of Simple Molecules (the Lewis Structures) The Lewis dot structures pr ovide a pictur e of bonding in molecules and ions in ter ms of the shared pairs of electrons and the octet rule. While such a picture may not explain the bonding and behaviour of a molecule completely, it does help in understanding the for mation ...

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