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Covalent Bonding in Carbon Compounds

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What do you understand by lone pair and shared pair?

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Lone pair of electrons in a covalent compound does not participate in the covalent bond formation between two atoms.
Shared pair of electrons is shared between two atoms in a molecule to form a covalent bond and it lies between the two participating atoms. These pairs of electrons help both the atoms to complete their octet.

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