Answer by Oscar Lanzi for Which relatively simple molecules violate the octet...
In a rather different vein are aromatic carbocations such as the cyclopropenyl cationSource: http://www.chem.ucla.edu/~harding/IGOC/C/cyclopropenyl_cation.htmlAs can be seen, each of the contributing...
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There are 3 types of octet rule "violations" or exceptionsmolecules with an odd number of electrons, such as nitric oxide(image source)molecules with less than 8 electrons around an atom, $\ce{BeCl2}$...
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I'm learning how to draw Lewis diagrams. Everything I've read emphasizes the octet rule. However, to the best of my knowledge, that rule only applies to elements in the first three periods. On our...
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