Valence Electrons
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Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding — Chemistry: The Central Science▶ 1:25It all comes down to their outermost electronsWe call them valence electronsValence electronsBond-Line Drawings — Organic Chemistry As a Second Language▶ 11:22There is a formal calculation, but often you learn to recognize patternsThe calculation is, take the number of valence electrons the atom should have when it's neutral, just from its group number on…Like four for carbon, six for oxygen, five for nitrogenMolecular Structure and Bonding — Inorganic Chemistry▶ 2:28It's fundamentalThe idea is that atoms tend to share electrons until they get a total of eight valence electrons around themThey're trying to mimic the super stable electron setup of noble gases