[Atome]

Hello everyone:

I am unsure if my question should be in this forum; if not, please feel free to move it.

Otherwise, I am having some trouble with the question so I would appreciate any *delete me*

Thank you!

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1. Draw the Lewis structure of sulfolane C₄H₈O₂; diagram is here:



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I am not having trouble with the hydrocarbon portion, but I do not know how to organise the electrons for S.

According to the Lewis structure, S has two double bonds with O and two single bonds with the two Cs. However, this would mean that S has 12 electrons shared.

Would sulfolane be a hypervalent compound then?

[Astrokel]

Hi, yes sulphur can have more than 8 electrons around it.

[AWK]

Draw 2 hydrogen atoms at each carbon and two electron pairs at each oxygen, and Lewis diagram will be finished

[Atome]

Thank you for your responses, AWK and Astrokel.

I drew the electron dot diagram with Paint below. Could someone please confirm if it is fully correct?

Thanks again.

N.B.: The fuzzy dots represent one electron.

[Astrokel]

yes but i would have draw the dot n cross for hydrogen too.

[AWK]

draw hydrogen atoms separately - this is a Lewis formula H-C-H not a simplified ed organic formula CH₂