Adraw a lewis structure for ch_4 explicitly draw all h atoms. include all valence lone pairs in your answer. include all nonzero formal charges. c opy p aste h ** h н. h h

Answer :  The Lewis-dot structure of is shown below.

Explanation :

Lewis-dot structure : It shows the bonding between the atoms of a molecule and it also shows the unpaired electrons present in the molecule.

In the Lewis-dot structure the valance electrons are shown by 'dot'.

The given molecule is,

As we know that carbon has '4' valence electrons and hydrogen has '1' valence electron.

Therefore, the total number of valence electrons in = 4 + 4(1) = 8

According to Lewis-dot structure, there are 8 number of bonding electrons and 0 number of non-bonding electrons.

Now we have to determine the formal charge for each atom.

Formula for formal charge :

Hence, the Lewis-dot structure of is shown below.