drawing lewis structures for ionic compounds

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the first atom will lose enough electrons to become a

cation that is isoelectronic with the nearest noble
gasthese electrons are transferred to the atom that
becomes the anion
for the cation, you show no valence electrons, simply the
charge
the second atom accepts the lost electron(s) to become
an anion that is isoelectronic with the nearest noble gas
for the anion, INSIDE SQUARE BRACKETS, you show
all 8 valence electrons; the charge on the anion is shown
outside the brackets
if more than one of either the anion or cation are used in
the formula, show the number in front of the formula
e.g., for the compound gallium sulfide
a. gallium loses its 3 valence electrons becoming Ga+3
(isoelectronic with Ar) (show no electrons)
b. sulfur accepts 2 electrons to become isoelectronic
with Ar as S-2 (show 8 electrons around the S inside
square brackets, with the 2 charge outside the
brackets)
c. because the number of electrons lost must equal the
number of electrons gained, two gallium atoms lose
electrons to three sulfur atoms forming Ga2S3
d. we show the lewis structure (please add a pair of
dots above the S and below it so that you are
providing a complete octet)
2 Ga +3, 3 [:S:] -2