Is there any way to check whether we have drawn correct lewis dot structure or not except calculation of formal charge method.

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Dear nitin,

Lewis Structures for Covalent Compounds

• In a covalent compound, electrons are shared between atoms to form a covalent bond in order that each atom in the compound has a share in the number of electrons required to provide a stable, Noble Gas, electronic configuration.
• Electrons in the Lewis Structure (electron dot diagram) are paired to show the bonding pair of electrons.
• Often the shared pair of electrons forming the covalent bond is circled
• Sometimes the bond itself is shown (-), these structures can be referred to as valence structures.

Examples

hydrogen fluoride, HF

• Hydrogen atom has 1 valence electron
• Fluorine atom has 7 valence electrons
• Hydrogen will share its electron with fluorine to form a bonding pair of electrons (covalent bond) so that the hydrogen atom has a share in 2 valence electrons (electronic configuration of helium) and fluorine has a share in 8 valence electrons (electronic configuration of neon)
• Lewis Structure (electron dot diagram) for hydrogen fluoride OR
• Valence Structure for hydrogen fluoride

ammonia, NH₃

• Nitrogen atom has 5 valence electrons
• Hydrogen atom has 1 valence electron
• Each of the 3 hydrogen atoms will share its electron with nitrogen to form a bonding pair of electrons (covalent bond) so that each hydrogen atom has a share in 2 valence electrons (electronic configuration of helium) and the nitrogen has a share in 8 valence electrons (electron configuration of neon)
• Lewis Structure (electron dot diagram) for ammonia OR

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