2.6

Question 1

Formal Charge

Answer 1

Charge that would result on an atom by taking the number of valence electrons on the neutral atom and subtracting the nonbonding electrons and the number of bonds (One half of the bonding electrons)

Question 2

Lewis Structure

Answer 2

Diagram showing lone pairs and bonding pairs of electrons in a molecule or an ion

Question 3

Hypervalent Molevules

Answer 3

Molecules containing at least one main group element that has more than eight electrons in its valence shell

Question 4

Resonance

Answer 4

Situation in which one Lewis structure is insufficient to describe the bonding in a molecule and the average of multiple structures is observed

Question 5

Resonance forms

Answer 5

Two or more Lewis structures that have the same arrangement of atoms but different arrangements of electrons

Question 6

Resonance Hybrid

Answer 6

Average of the resonance forms shown by the individual Lewis Structures