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How would you represent

4Na + O2 -----> 2Na2O and

4Al + 3O2 -----> 2Al2O3

with Lewis electron dot structures? These ionic compounds are driving me nuts :rolleyes:
 

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ok i will do them on paint now :)


actually, its probably best to split the Al up on the RHS, and draw both of them. People teach electron structures many different ways
 

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ok i will do them on paint now :)


actually, its probably best to split the Al up on the RHS, and draw both of them. People teach electron structures many different ways
for sodium oxide, don't the sodium ions go on either side of the single oxygen ion?
 

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for sodium oxide, don't the sodium ions go on either side of the single oxygen ion?
yeh they do, i meant split the aluminium up that was on the right side of the equation. and yes put one either side.
 

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wait, is aluminium oxide meant to look like this? (looks really retarded btw)

Al2O3 lewis dot diagram.jpg
 

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lol yeah even I doubt that something like that may appear in our half yearly, but in one of the past papers, the sodium oxide equation was there and now I really don't know what to expect :L
 

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To represent the equation you do

- 2Na. --> 2Na+ + 2electrons
- .O. + 2electrons --> O2-
By combining these two you get : 2 [Na-] + [ O2-] --> Na2O

Note the . represents an electron and + and 2- is the charge of the ion.

To show the ionic compound as a lewis structure you can use the drawing you posted
.....I knew that....
 

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It's because I had doubts about more complex dot diagrams and I didn't ngo how to do them
 

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