Question

what is the charge on one chlorine in BeCl2

Answer 1

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Answer 2

how

Answer 3

Formal charge = No. of valence electrons - No. of non bonding electrons - \(\huge\frac{No. of Bonding electrons}{2}\)

Answer 4

got it ?

Answer 5

no

Answer 6

ya

Answer 7

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Answer 8

???

Answer 9

its neg 2

Answer 10

Is the answer -2 or u calculated it -2 ?

Answer 11

the answer is -2

Answer 12

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Answer 13

The answer is -2? @hanavoehl

Answer 14

what should be the answer @alphadxg ?

Answer 15

formal charge?

Answer 16

@Abhisar

Answer 17

yes formal charge should be 0 i guess. Is the question seeking for formal charge ?

Answer 18

Valance electrons (7) - nonbonding electrons (6) - paired electrong/2 = 0 for Cl

If it was asking for something other than the charge, then it would be Cl (-1) Be (+2)