lewis structure

[kidd]

Can some on explain to me how the lewis structure works I mean how it looks and how it became.
Thanks

[RobJim]

Originally Posted by kidd

Can some on explain to me how the lewis structure works I mean how it looks and how it became.
Thanks

Lewis structures are named after the physical chemist Gilbert Newton Lewis. He invented them; I don't know the details of how and why he did so. They are a two dimensional way to draw molecules in which the electrons and bonds are depicted by dots and lines.

Check out this website:

http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/s...s-drawing.html

[Dante]

Lewis dot stuctures and hybridization are approx. of the bonding formula that match the reality. The calculations are including bond lengths, angles, atomic charges ,the dipole moment, bond orders, and molecular orbital energies. The best way to described this bonding is presented by formal electron pair localised bond and the hybridizationof the atomic orbitals used to form these localised bonds.

I'm not much of a physics man, but try this site to learn how to construct the diagram:

http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/chemistry/c ... /js/lewis/