Organic Chemistry

Electron Dot Structures

Figure 10 Lewis Dot Structure of Diatomic Fluorine Molecule

Figure 11 Lewis Dot Structure of an Hydrofluoric Acid Molecule

Some examples of electron dot structures for a few commonly encountered molecules from
inorganic chemistry.

A note about Gilbert N. Lewis

Lewis was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts as the son of a Dartmouth-graduated
lawyer/broker. He attended the University of Nebraska at age 14, then three years later
transferred to Harvard. After showing an initial interest in Economics, Gilbert Newton
Lewis earned first a B.A. in Chemistry, and then a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1899.