Lewis Dot Structure of Carbon(C)

Hello,today I am going to draw the lewis Dot structure for Carbon in just two steps.

Step-1:

To draw the lewis Dot structure of carbon, we have to find out the valence electrons of carbon first.We express valence electrons as dots in lewis dot structure.

To get the valence electrons of carbon,we need to look at the electronic configuration of carbon.

C(6)=1s²2s²2p²

The highest value of principal quantum number here is n=2.

The highest value of principal quantum number ,n , indicates the valence shell and we know the electrons in valence shell is called valence shell.

The nunber of valence electrons in carbon is 4.

Step-2:

To draw the lewis dot structure of carbon,we need to imagine a square around carbon.

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We know a square has four sides.At first,we have to place one valence electrons as dot to every side of that square before pairing up.