167k views
0 votes
What is the number of shared electrons

What is the number of shared electrons-example-1
User Muarl
by
6.7k points

2 Answers

4 votes

Subtract Shared from Valence. For each atom, subtract shared electrons from number of valence electrons. Oxygen (O) has eight valence electrons. The left oxygen in O-N=O has 8 – 2 = 6 unshared electrons!!!!

User Balaji V
by
6.0k points
5 votes

Answer: 8

Its correct

User Mohzameer
by
5.9k points