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Hi my teacher said that Z is carbon cuz it has four electrons and the crosses represents it but when I counted the crosses it’s clearly five
that’s why I’m really confused someone please explain to me
Date Posted: 3 years ago
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hello! the fifth electron that you see belongs to the other carbon (Z) that is bonded to your current carbon! Recall that each element donates 1 electron each to form a single bond! so although there appears to be 2 crosses belonging to one Z, only one electron among the 2 actually belongs to the Z, which is why your teacher said there is 4 electrons on Z!
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