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Carbon and its Compounds — Science STD 10 — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10ScienceCarbon and its Compounds1 Mark
Question
Write the electron dot structure of $C _3 H _8$.
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Answer

Carbon, a group 4A element, has four electrons and forms four bonds. Hence each C atom in propane forms four bonds. Hence three carbons are combining with 8 hydrogens each of which forms one bond. Joining the three carbons and adding the appropriate number of hydrogens to each yields only one possible structure. $ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{H}\ \ \ \ \text{H} \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{H} \\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ \ \ \ | \\ \ \text{H}-\text{C}-\text{C}-\text{C}-\text{H}\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ \ \ \\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{H}\ \ \ \ \text{H} \ \ \ \ \ \text{H}\ \ \ \ $ or $ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{H} \ \ \ \text{H} \ \ \ \text{H}\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ : \ \ \ {}:\ \ \ \ :\\\text{H}\cdot\cdot\text{C}\cdot\cdot\text{C} \cdot\cdot\text{C}\cdot\cdot\text{ H}\\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ {}:\ \ \ :\ \ \ :\\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{H} \ \ \ \text{H}{}\ \ \ \text{H}$
This is the final structure of propane$C _3 H _8$.

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