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May I ask there is a question ask us to draw lewis structure for SNC-, why is it C become central atom insteand of S, since S was at period 3 while C was at period 2.
Hello! I got a question, how do I know where to put the other atoms? For example I’ve noticed that in some atoms like BH3, the atoms surrounding the central one are one on the upper side and the other two on the lower side; meanwhile on NH3 the atoms are all below the central atom. Could you help me out trying to understand this? And I’m sorry for my English in advance, I’m from Italy so English is not my native language. Great video by the way!
Hi! I'm happy to help. So firstly we call the atoms on the outside (surrounding central atoms) terminal atoms. Where you draw the terminal atoms depends on something known as VSEPR. There are many videos online that can help you understand how this concept works. In the molecule NH3 there are lone pairs on the central atom which pushes the bonded hydrogen atoms away. On the other hand there are no lone pairs on the boron in BH3 so the bonded H's are spread out more evenly. I hope this helps.
True, but both have such a low electronegstivtity that it's considered negligible. Also, H generally wont be a central atom because it can only make one bond
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May I ask there is a question ask us to draw lewis structure for SNC-, why is it C become central atom insteand of S, since S was at period 3 while C was at period 2.
Hello! I got a question, how do I know where to put the other atoms? For example I’ve noticed that in some atoms like BH3, the atoms surrounding the central one are one on the upper side and the other two on the lower side; meanwhile on NH3 the atoms are all below the central atom. Could you help me out trying to understand this? And I’m sorry for my English in advance, I’m from Italy so English is not my native language. Great video by the way!
Hi! I'm happy to help. So firstly we call the atoms on the outside (surrounding central atoms) terminal atoms. Where you draw the terminal atoms depends on something known as VSEPR. There are many videos online that can help you understand how this concept works. In the molecule NH3 there are lone pairs on the central atom which pushes the bonded hydrogen atoms away. On the other hand there are no lone pairs on the boron in BH3 so the bonded H's are spread out more evenly. I hope this helps.
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Hydrogen is less electronegative than carbon.
True, but both have such a low electronegstivtity that it's considered negligible.
Also, H generally wont be a central atom because it can only make one bond