Re: TOJC Sulfur
normanbj@PLU.edu
Fri, 13 Sep 1996 15:41:02 -0800 (PST)
Sulfur can have up to six bonds, for a total of twelve electrons
surrounding it, but for it to be neutral, or free of formal charge, it can
only "own" six electrons. in problem 1.23 (c), sulfur "owns" six
electrons (it only "owns" half of a covalent bond), therefore it has
no formal charge. in 1.23 (b), sulfur only owns 5 electrons, so it has a
formal charge of +1. hope that helps.
On Fri, 13 Sep 1996 mundenhj@PLU.edu wrote:
> I have a question on problem 1.23, if sulfur can have a lot of electrons
> in it's valence shell, then how do you tell what the formal charge on
> sulfur is?
>
> Thanks
> Heather Munden
>