Question

Draw the Lewis electron dot structure for Oxygen molecule.

Answer 1

Electron dot structure:-

1. It is actually a diagrammatic representation that will describe the bonding of the atoms.
2. It may also define the number of lone pairs of electrons that will exist in a molecule of atoms.
3. It is also known as the Lewis dot structure.
4. In ${\mathrm{O}}_2$, as each $\mathrm{O}$ atom is surrounded by the 6 electrons.
5. As in the formation of ${\mathrm{O}}_2$ molecule, two Oxygen atoms doesn't have any change or difference in the electronegativities so there would be sharing of the electron pair.
6. As each Oxygen atom needs 2 electrons for getting stabilized and for formation of the ${\mathrm{O}}_2$ molecule.

Therefore, the electron-dot structure of the ${\mathrm{O}}_2$ is :