a. Step 1 in constructing a Lewis structure is to calculate…
a. Step 1 in constructing a Lewis structure is to calculate the number of valance electrons available. How many valance electrons are available in the following molecular formula, HCP? (Final answers to this question must be included in the space below to receive credit) b. Step 2 in constructing a Lewis structure is to identify the central atom and draw single bonds between the central atom and all non-central atoms. Show the process and resulting intermediate Lewis structure for this step below for HCP. (This intermediate structure should be shown on your scratch paper sent to Dr. Metz) c. How many valence electrons are represented after Step 2 (part b)? How many valance electrons remain to complete the Lewis structure? (Final answers to this question must be included in the space below to receive credit) d. Step 3 in constructing a Lewis structure is to place nonbonding electron pairs around all non-central atoms to complete their octet. Show the process and resulting intermediate Lewis structure for this step below for HCP. (This intermediate structure should be shown on your scratch paper sent to Dr. Metz) e. How many valence electrons are represented after Step 3 (part c)? How many valance electrons remain to complete the Lewis structure (Final answers to this question must be included in the space below to receive credit) f. What is the electron domain geometry for HCP? (Final answers to this question must be included in the space below to receive credit) g. What is the molecular geometry for HCP? (Final answers to this question must be included in the space below to receive credit)