Answer to Question #335984 in General Chemistry for ngoma

Question

The antibiotic thiarubin-A was discovered by studying the feeding habits of wild

chimpanzees in Tanzania. The structure for thiarubin-A is

a. Complete the Lewis structure showing all lone pairs of electrons.

b. Indicate the hybrid orbitals used by the carbon and sulfur atoms in thiarubin-A.

c. How many σ and π bonds are present in this molecule?

 

Answer 1

SP2, SP3, SP orbitals were used by atoms of carbon and sulfur to form chemical bounds, 15σ and 9 π bonds are present in this molecule.