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Which of the following best represents the correct Lewis dot structure for a neutral fluorine atom?
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11. Bonding & Molecular Structure
Lewis Dot Structures: Neutral Compounds
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In a neutral molecule of nitrogen trifluoride (NF_3), how many bonds or shared pairs of electrons are present between the nitrogen and fluorine atoms?
A
6
B
2
C
4
D
3
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Identify the molecular formula of nitrogen trifluoride, which is NF\_3, indicating one nitrogen atom bonded to three fluorine atoms.
Recall that a single covalent bond consists of one shared pair of electrons between two atoms.
Determine the number of bonds by counting how many fluorine atoms are bonded to the nitrogen atom; each fluorine forms one single bond with nitrogen.
Since there are three fluorine atoms, and each forms one bond with nitrogen, the total number of bonds (shared pairs of electrons) between nitrogen and fluorine atoms is three.
Therefore, the molecule NF\_3 has 3 bonds or shared pairs of electrons between nitrogen and fluorine atoms.
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