Question

Question: Convert each skeletal structure to a complete structure with all C’s, H’s, and lone pairs drawn in.

a.

b.

c.

d.

Short answer

Answer

a.

b.

c.

d.

Step-by-step solution

Step-by-Step Solution Step 1: Skeletal structures

In skeletal structures, carbon atoms are either shown as a junction, as an intersection point of two lines, or as the endpoint of a line.

Hydrogen atoms are not shown in skeletal structures and are assumed that each carbon possesses the requisite/needed number of hydrogens required to satisfy its valency.

  Step 2: Converting skeletal structures to complete structures

To convert a skeletal structure into a complete structure, all the junctions and endpoints by carbon atoms are shown and attach the required number of hydrogen atoms to it.

Complete structures of the given molecules

a. The skeletal structure of a is provided below.

The skeletal structure of a

b. The skeletal structure of b is provided below.

The skeletal structure of b

c. The skeletal structure of c is provided below.

The skeletal structure of c

d. The skeletal structure of d is provided below.

The skeletal structure of d