Question

How many bonding and nonbonding electrons are on the carbon atom in CO2?

A) 2, 6
B) 4, 4
C) 6, 2
D) 8, 0

Answer 1

I believe the answer is B

Step-by-step explanation:

to be honest i'm not completely sure, sorry

Answer 2

There are 8 bonding electrons and 0 nonbonding electron on carbon atom

Step-by-step explanation:

`CO_(2)` consists of two C=O bonds.

Total number of valence electrons in
`CO_(2)` are 16.

Two C=O bonds uses 8 electrons from 16 available electrons. Rest of the electrons are used to fulfill octet of two oxygen atoms.

Hence 8 electrons are present as nonbonding electrons on two oxygen atoms.

So, Carbon atom contains 8 bonding electrons and 0 nonbonding electrons.

Lewis structure of
`CO_(2)` has been given below.