Draw the electron-dot structure for chclo. draw the molecule by placing the atoms on the grid and connecting them with bonds. include all lone pairs of electrons.

The valence electrons on each atoms are H = 1, C = 4, O = 6, and Cl =7. Each bond contains two electrons. Sharing of electrons occurs to attain stable octet and duet, thus the electron dot structure for chclo is as shown below

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Electron-dot structure : It is also known as Lewis-dot structure. It shows the bonding between the atoms of a molecule and it also shows the unpaired electrons present in the molecule. The valence electrons are represented by 'dot'.

The given molecule is, [tex]CHClO[/tex]

As we know that carbon has '4' valence electrons, hydrogen has '1' valence electron, chlorine has '7' valence electrons and oxygen has '6' valence electrons.

Therefore, the total number of valence electrons in, [tex]CHClO[/tex] = 4 + 1 + 7 + 6 = 18

According to electron-dot structure, there are 8 number of bonding electrons and 10 number of non-bonding electrons.

The electron-dot structure of [tex]CHClO[/tex] is shown below.