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antoniya
9 days ago
10

Dicarbon monoxide, C2O, is found in dust clouds in space. Analysis of it shows that the sequence of atoms in this molecule is C–

C–O. All bonds are double bonds and there are no unpaired electrons. How many lone pairs of electrons are present in a molecule of C2O?
Chemistry
2 answers:
castortr0y [927]9 days ago
8 0

Greetings,


The number of lone pairs of electrons in a C2O molecule is...

4

Each Oxygen atom forms two bonds with Carbon.


I hope this was useful!

-Char

lions [1K]9 days ago
5 0

Answer:

Three

Explanation:

Each carbon atom contributes four valence electrons while each oxygen atom contributes six, leading to a total of 14 valence electrons.

With two double bonds (accounting for eight bonding electrons), six electrons are left unbound (which means there are three lone pairs).

The Lewis structure can be represented as:C=C=Ö:

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