Question

In the electron dot diagram for sulfur monoxide, each atom of sulfur will have how many unshared pairs of electrons an each atom of oxygen will have how many unshared pairs of electrons.​

Answer 1

Both sulphur and oxygen have two unshared pairs of electrons

Step-by-step explanation:

The compound sulphur monoxide has the formula S=O. It is quite analogous to the diatomic molecules of the group 16 elements.

We must remember that each group element has six electrons in their outermost shell. Two of these are lone pairs leaving only two electrons available for bond formation.

These two electrons are used to form the sigma and pi bonds in S=O, leaving two lone pairs on each of sulphur and oxygen atoms.