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We are overjoyed at the response our first page received though it amounted to just one. The fact that the responder was a practical genious in the subject, simply adds to our honour. Due to the given reasons, we have ruled in favour of the opinion that one more page should be given to our beloved octet rule, which has troubled us during the exms for so-so long.

Now, coming back to the topic, we wish to tell you all, that out theory provides an explation besides the octet rule to the chemical reactions, which play such significant roles in our lives. Our explanation rests on the fact that all particles, even atoms like to go to a lower energy state than before. Our explanation suggests that elements do not react because they wish to attain 8 electrons in their outermost shell. In fact, the octet rule is just a means of bonding among elements. And since energy is inversely propotional to bond length, the bonded atoms end up having lesser energy than the free atoms. The transfer and attaining 8 electrons in the outermost shell provides a strong force or bond between the atoms. A very close friend of mine, suggested some examples which further supports out theory. The examples he gave are :

1) In some cases where one of the elements has odd number of electrons, the element does not attain an octet even after bonding. Eg.

a) N2O

N has an odd no. of electron and does not attain an octet in this case while O does

2) H2SO4 –

In H2SO4, the middle atom (S) actually has 12 electrons in its outermost shell. 12 is not a multiple of 8. This also violates, the ‘not more than 8 electrons in outermost shell’ rule too.

3) BS3

This friend of mine, is a genious on the subject, like our responder. We thank him for his useful contribution from the bottom of our hearts.

We hope to get more and more replies to our pages next time. And from our first responder, we would like to ask for more of her valuable suggestions and replies.

Thank you