Carbon reacts with chlorine and hydrogen to form the compound CH3Cl.

(a) Construct the structure of CH3Cl.

There is a carbon in the middle.

There is an H on each side of the Carbon plus one above with a Cl on the under the C..

The order doesn't really matter. You just have to show a Carbon with 3 H bonds and 1 Cl bond.

Cl
H C H
H

Name the Products & Reactants for:

Moving Car

Evaporating puddle

Electrolysis of wate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloromethane

To construct the structure of CH3Cl, we first need to determine the arrangement of atoms and the type of bonds present.

Here are the steps to construct the structure of CH3Cl:

1. Identify the atomic symbols and their valence electron counts:
- Carbon (C): Valence electron count = 4
- Hydrogen (H): Valence electron count = 1
- Chlorine (Cl): Valence electron count = 7

2. Determine the total valence electrons in CH3Cl:
- Carbon contributes 4 valence electrons
- Hydrogen contributes 1 valence electron (3 hydrogen atoms in CH3)
- Chlorine contributes 7 valence electrons

Total valence electrons = (4 from Carbon) + (1 x 3 from Hydrogen) + (7 from Chlorine) = 4 + 3 + 7 = 14

3. Determine the central atom: In CH3Cl, the central atom is Carbon (C) since Chlorine (Cl) is more electronegative than Carbon and Hydrogen.

4. Arrange the atoms:
- Place the Carbon atom in the center.
- Connect the Chlorine atom (Cl) to the Carbon atom (C) using a single bond.
- Connect the three Hydrogen atoms (H) to the Carbon atom (C) using single bonds.

The structure of CH3Cl is:
H
|
H-C-H
|
Cl

Please note that the bond angles between the hydrogen atoms and the central carbon atom in CH3Cl would be around 109.5 degrees (tetrahedral geometry).