Question

Give the Lewis dot structure of chlorine.

Answer 1

Lewis dot structure

G.N Lewis, an American chemist, introduced a simple notation to represent valence electrons in an atom. This notation is called Lewis symbol or electron dot structure

Lewis dot structure of chlorine

• Electronic configuration of chlorine is 2,8,7.
• The outermost shell contain 1 electrons.
• It is represented by

$\underset{.}{\overset{..}{:\mathrm{C}}}\mathrm{l}:$