{"id":168061,"date":"2024-11-16T16:55:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T16:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=168061"},"modified":"2024-11-16T16:55:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T16:55:06","slug":"the-lewis-structure-of-ash3-shows-__________-nonbonding-electron-pairs-on-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/16\/the-lewis-structure-of-ash3-shows-__________-nonbonding-electron-pairs-on-as\/","title":{"rendered":"The lewis structure of ash3 shows __________ nonbonding electron pair(s) on as."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The lewis structure of ash3 shows <strong><em>__<\/em><\/strong> nonbonding electron pair(s) on as.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lewis structure of <strong>AsH\u2083<\/strong> (arsine) shows <strong>1 nonbonding electron pair<\/strong> on arsenic (As).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lewis structure represents the arrangement of atoms and electrons in a molecule, showing how atoms are bonded together and how the valence electrons are distributed. To understand the number of nonbonding electron pairs on arsenic in AsH\u2083, let&#8217;s break down the process step-by-step:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Valence Electrons of Arsenic and Hydrogen:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arsenic (As) is in Group 15 of the periodic table, so it has 5 valence electrons.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hydrogen (H) is in Group 1 and each hydrogen atom has 1 valence electron.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Total Valence Electrons:<\/strong><br>The total number of valence electrons in AsH\u2083 is calculated as follows:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arsenic: 1 \u00d7 5 = 5 electrons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hydrogen: 3 \u00d7 1 = 3 electrons<br>Total = 5 (from As) + 3 (from H) = 8 valence electrons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Electron Distribution in the Lewis Structure:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the Lewis structure of AsH\u2083, arsenic will be the central atom because it is less electronegative than hydrogen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three single bonds are formed between arsenic and the three hydrogen atoms. Each bond uses two electrons, totaling 6 electrons (3 bonds \u00d7 2 electrons).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After forming the bonds, 2 electrons remain. These 2 electrons will be placed as a nonbonding pair (lone pair) on arsenic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Resulting Lewis Structure:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The structure has arsenic in the center with three hydrogen atoms bonded to it via single bonds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arsenic will have one lone pair of electrons and will not have a full octet (it will have 8 electrons in its valence shell: 6 from the three bonds and 2 from the lone pair).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each hydrogen atom forms a single bond with arsenic and has a full valence shell (2 electrons each).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, in the Lewis structure of AsH\u2083, arsenic has <strong>one nonbonding electron pair<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This results in a <strong>trigonal pyramidal<\/strong> molecular geometry, similar to ammonia (NH\u2083), where the lone pair on arsenic pushes the bonds slightly downward, giving the molecule its 3D shape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lewis structure of ash3 shows __ nonbonding electron pair(s) on as. The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The Lewis structure of AsH\u2083 (arsine) shows 1 nonbonding electron pair on arsenic (As). Explanation: The Lewis structure represents the arrangement of atoms and electrons in a molecule, showing how atoms are bonded together and how the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}