Can u please explain how to draw electron dot structure with some examples? srisaji@yahoo.com Share with your friends Share 0 Mohit Gupta answered this Please refer to the following link https://www.meritnation.com/ask-answer/question/how-to-draw-electron-dot-structures-pleaz-explain-it-by-givi/carbon-and-its-compounds/635460 0 View Full Answer Hariharan answered this every atom tends to become stable1st shell:2 electros2nd shell:8 electrons and also 3rdeg: consider oxygenatomic no: 8so,the 1st shell contains 2 electrons.And the 2nd shell contains 6 elecbut now the outer shell contains only 6 electron instead of 8so it must borrow 2 electron to attain stability 0