Which Molecule Has a Lewis Structure That Does Not Obey

question 72

Multiple Choice

Which molecule has a Lewis structure that does not obey the octet rule

• A) N₂O
• B) CS₂
• C) PH₃
• D) CCl₄
• E) NO₂

---

Definitions:

Semantics

The branch of linguistics concerned with the meaning of words and the ways in which language conveys meaning.

Linguistic Universals

Fundamental principles or characteristics shared by all languages.

Deep Structure

In linguistics, refers to the underlying syntactic structure of a sentence that conveys its semantic meaning.

Surface Structure

refers to the literal arrangement of words in a sentence as it is spoken or written, in contrast to the deeper, underlying meaning.