Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Lewis
structure
:
A representation of
molecular structure
in which all electron pairs are shown. A line between two atoms represents a
single
covalent bond
. Two lines between two atoms represent a
double bond
, and three lines a
triple bond
.
Lone electron pairs
(
unshared electron pairs
) are indicated by a pair of dots next to an atom. A
Lewis dot structure
uses dots instead of lines for all electrons.
A typical Lewis
structure
.
Related terms:
Resonance contributor
,
resonance structure
,
resonance hybrid
,
Kekule structure
,
bond-line structure
,
sawhorse projection
,
Newman projection
,
Fischer projection
,
Haworth projection
,
zigzag structure
,
Natta projection
,
formal charge
,
space-filling model
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