Pushing Electrons
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Author: Weeks, Daniel P.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 3EQ
The skeleton of chloromethane is
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The central carbon atom is bonded to each of the other atoms by a shared electron pair (represented by a straight line, ___) giving
Now, each hydrogen has two electrons and the carbon atom has eight. However, chlorine must be provided with unshared electrons (represented by pairs of dots, ●●) to complete its octet, thus
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Chapter 1 Solutions
Pushing Electrons
Ch. 1 - 1. Hydrogen is a Group I element and each...Ch. 1 - Methanol has the molecular formula CH4O. Its...Ch. 1 - 3. The skeleton of chloromethane is...Ch. 1 - 4. Methanol’s skeleton is
Connecting all bonded...Ch. 1 - 5. The structure for chloromethane is
It...Ch. 1 - Prob. 6EQCh. 1 - 7. Dimethyl ether
No. of electrons in...Ch. 1 - Methylamine (CH5N) No. of electrons in structure...Ch. 1 - Methanethiol (CH4S) No. of electrons in structure...Ch. 1 - Methylal (C3H8O2) No. of electrons in structure...
Ch. 1 - Prob. 11EQCh. 1 - Adding electrons to the skeleton by making single...Ch. 1 - This is done by removing an unshared pair from...Ch. 1 - Prob. 14EQCh. 1 - Prob. 15EQCh. 1 - Prob. 16EQCh. 1 - The skeleton of acetyl chloride is . Write the...Ch. 1 - Three constitutional isomers exist for the formula...Ch. 1 - A number of constitutional isomers exist for the...Ch. 1 - Using the method outlined above, derive the...Ch. 1 - Prob. 21EQCh. 1 - Prob. 22EQCh. 1 - Prob. 23EQCh. 1 - Prob. 24EQCh. 1 - The skeleton of benzyldimethylamine is
The...Ch. 1 - The skeleton is benzaldoxime is The number of...Ch. 1 - Prob. 27EQCh. 1 - Derive Lewis structures for the compounds below....Ch. 1 - Prob. 29EQCh. 1 - Derive Lewis structures for the compounds below....Ch. 1 - Prob. 31EQCh. 1 - Derive Lewis structures for the compounds below....Ch. 1 - The Lewis structure of acetone is Circling the...Ch. 1 - Chloromethane has the Lewis...Ch. 1 - In the Lewis structure for chloromethane, the...Ch. 1 - Prob. 36EQCh. 1 - The oxygen atom in acetone possesses ____ unshared...Ch. 1 - Nitrobenzene has the skeleton
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