I'm pretty sure NaCl is an ionic bond, and cannot be represented by placing a line between them as this implies that electrons are shared. Sharing does not occur in an ionic bond and the only way to represent this bond is by using Na+Cl-.
Each Cl atom in your CCl4 lewis dot has one too many electrons. Remember that the line that represents a covalent bond represents two electrons, one from each side, so you need to remove the electron that doesn't have a pair in each Cl atom, as it (along with the C electron) is replaced by the line.
I'm pretty sure NaCl is an ionic bond, and cannot be represented by placing a line between them as this implies that electrons are shared. Sharing does not occur in an ionic bond and the only way to represent this bond is by using Na+Cl-.
psychosavant 3 years ago
Each Cl atom in your CCl4 lewis dot has one too many electrons. Remember that the line that represents a covalent bond represents two electrons, one from each side, so you need to remove the electron that doesn't have a pair in each Cl atom, as it (along with the C electron) is replaced by the line.
psychosavant 3 years ago
u had to be savantish lol
RSalboftw 3 years ago