When you count up the electrons in a Lewis Structure, do double and triple bonds count as 4 or 6 electrons?

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Amiyah Novak

6 October, 00:21

When you count up the electrons in a Lewis Structure, do double and triple bonds count as 4 or 6 electrons?

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Julio Avery · Answer 1

Double=4 and triple=6

Explanation:

This is because double bonds are two pairs of electrons are shared between atoms and triple bonds are three pairs, and one pair of electrons is 2, so 2 x 2=4 and 2 x 3=6.