How many valence electrons are in carbon tetrachloride?

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DrBob222 · Accepted Answer

I'm not sure what you question is. If we define valence electrons as the outermost electrons in atoms, then there will be 4 for C and 7 each for Cl or 28 + 4 = 32 but not all of those are involved in bond formation.

Sydney · Answer

Well it says to find valence electrons to make the Lewis dot diagram, I'm not sure if that helps.

DrBob222 · Answer

OK. There are 32 electrons available to make the Lewis structure for CCl4. Here is a site but do it yourself before you look at the site. The site is just to check yourself.
http://www.chemistry.ccsu.edu/crundwell/Galleries/VSEPR/ccl4.html