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 draw the electron dot structure of CHCl3

                               Cl

                                 |

               H---------- C -------------Cl

                                 |

                                Cl

 

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  Carbon (C) in the center
4 bonds (tetrahedral shape)
3 Cl + C bonds totaling 8 Valence electrons for each element, Hydrogen totals 2 Valence electrons (remember Hydrogen and Helium are different)


H
Cl-C-Cl
Cl
Hard to draw dots here...
Picture bond lines from C-H and C-Cl each bond counts as 2 valence electrons (sharing)
Cl has naturally 7 valence electrons but shares with C to get the 8 (achieve noble gas configuration) so the 3 Cl's should have one bond and 6 dots, the H should just have 1 bond.

 
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also this can be written as :

                H

               . .

    Cl   :    C  :     Cl

                . .

                Cl

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listen carefully u knw how to make  the electron dot structure of CH4 . it is same that of CH4 only replace the 3 hydrogen atom with chlorine .........simple

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hope this is clear to u frnds .......

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