Chemistry 9th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1133611095
ISBN 13: 978-1-13361-109-7

Chapter 8 - Bonding: General Concepts - Active Learning Questions - Page 404: 14

Answer

A Lewis structure doesn't explicitly tell which electrons come from which atoms. Electrons are placed around atoms in a Lewis structure as dots. Although electrons are frequently placed round the atoms from which they are available, that's not always true, so you can't know which atom donated what.

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