Question

Give the Lewis dot structure of oxygen.

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 oxygen

• Electronic configuration of oxygen is 2,6.
• The outermost shell contain 6 electrons.
• It is represented by

$\underset{}{\overset{··}{:\mathrm{O}:}}$