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Chemistry-10th Carbon and its Compounds CBSE Board 2023 Medium

The electron dot structure of chlorine molecule is :

The electron dot structure of chlorine molecule is :
(a) Cl Cl x x x x x x x x x x x x x x (b) Cl Cl x x x x x x x x (c) Cl Cl x x x x x x x (d) Cl Cl x x x x x x
  1. (a)Two overlapping circles, each with the symbol Cl; six crosses are drawn round the left atom and six round the right atom, and the overlap holds two crosses and two dots — that is, two shared pairs.
  2. (b)Two overlapping circles, each with the symbol Cl; five crosses round the left atom and five dots round the right atom, and the overlap holds three crosses and three dots — that is, three shared pairs.
  3. (c)Two overlapping circles, each with the symbol Cl; six crosses round the left atom and six dots round the right atom, and the overlap holds one cross and one dot — that is, one shared pair.
  4. (d)Two overlapping circles, each with the symbol Cl; four crosses round the left atom and four dots round the right atom, and the overlap holds two crosses and two dots — that is, two shared pairs.

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