Complete the Lewis structure of the molecule. Draw the missing dots and dashes representing the valence electrons in the molecule. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!

Look on the periodic table. Look for oxygen, O, and sulfur, S. What group are they in? They are both in group 16. So...you would put 6 dots around all 4 elements.

Then distribute the valence electrons to each other until they are all balanced. A balanced element will have 8 valence electrons. Don't forget, if you don't have enough elements to make every element balanced, add more.

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Alleei Alleei · Answer 2 · 2019-12-13T05:05:12+01:00

Answer : The Lewis structure of [tex]S_2O_2[/tex] is shown below.

Explanation :

Lewis-dot structure : It shows the bonding between the atoms of a molecule and it also shows the unpaired electrons present in the molecule.

In the Lewis-dot structure the valance electrons are shown by 'dot'.

The given molecule is, [tex]S_2O_2[/tex]

As we know that sulfur and oxygen has '6' valence electrons.

Therefore, the total number of valence electrons in [tex]S_2O_2[/tex] = 2(6) + 2(6) = 24

According to Lewis-dot structure, there are 10 number of bonding electrons and 14 number of non-bonding electrons.