Pushing Electrons
Pushing Electrons
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ISBN: 9781133951889
Author: Weeks, Daniel P.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 52EQ
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The Lewis structure of the organic fragment produced from the given molecule is to be determined and thereby the formal charge on it needs to be calculated.

Concept Introduction:

Some organic functional groups (even neutral functional groups) have formal charges on individual atoms.

To calculate the formal charge on an atom in any given structure it is necessary to distinguish between the electrons that make up an atom’s octet and the electrons that formally “belong” to an atom. In any given Lewis structure all electrons associated with an atom either as an unshared pair or shared pair are part of that atom’s octet.

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Pushing Electrons

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