Atoms with 5 valence electrons usually form how many bonds?,

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Danielle Riley

29 October, 15:18

Atoms with 5 valence electrons usually form how many bonds?,

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Vincent Glass · Answer 1

Atoms with 5 valence electrons usually form 3 bonds. This is because for an atom to have a complete octet, atoms want to have 8 electrons in their outer shell. Because the atom currently only has 5 electrons in its outer shell, it will want to form 3 new bonds in order to have a total of 8 valence electrons.