Question

Draw the electron dot structure of an ethane molecule(\[{C_2}{H_6}\] ).

Answer 1

Hint: Electronic dot structure is also known as Lewis dot structures and they represent the bond between the various atoms and valence electrons of atoms, within a molecule.

Complete step by step answer:
We can draw the electron dot structure if we actually know the molecule formula of the compound.
Importance of Lewis dot structures:
(a) Describe the chemical bonding between atoms in a molecule.
(b) Displace the total number of lone pairs representing each of the Atoms of molecules.
(c) Reflect the electronic structure of elements.
In Lewis dot structure, each dot represents an electron and a pair of dots between chemical symbols for atoms represents a bond.
The molecule formula of ethane is \[{C_2}{H_6}\] and the structure formula of ethane is \[C{H_3} - C{H_3}\] .
There are two carbons present in ethane molecules that are single bonded with each other and three hydrogen atoms are present with each carbon.
The electron dot structure of ethane is

Note: Electron-dot structure also known as Lewis start structure actually shows the nature of bond and the position of atoms of the molecule that are connected in the molecule.
It is important and to be noted that only the valence electrons are considered while drawing the Lewis dot structures and the other electrons that do not belong to the outermost shell are ignored.