Chapter 18, Problem 14STP

To determine

Todraw: electron dot diagrams for carbon and hydrogen.

To draw: electron dot diagrams for methane ( ${\text{CH}}_{\text{4}}$ ).

Explanation of Solution

Introduction:

Electron dot structures are diagrams demonstrating the bonding of the molecular atoms to the lone pairs of electrons that can occur in the molecule. It is also known as Lewis diagram.

Electron dot diagram gives clear picture that describes the stability of the atom easily which represent the valence electrons around the chemical symbol of the atom.

Atomic number of carbon, hydrogen is 6 and 1 respectively.

Electron dot diagram for carbon, hydrogen and methane are shown below:

In case of methane, four valance electrons of carbon will pair up with each electron of four hydrogen atoms.