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QUICK (lots of points) How many lone pairs are present in Xylene?!

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Oxygen typically has 4 non-bonding electrons (or 2 lone pairs). The full valence shell for oxygen is 8 and the number of electrons in bonds is 4. Therefore, the difference is 4. Table of the typical numbers of bonds and non-bonding electrons.


.....Is this the answer your looking for? kinda confused....If not please delete my answer so somebody can give you what you want! :)

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i dont think their are a exact number

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