What is the octet rule of sulfur?

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What is the octet rule of sulfur?

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Answer 1 · 2014-02-08T02:40:37

The octet rule is the understanding that most atoms seek to gain stability in their outer most energy level by filling the s and p orbitals of the highest energy level with eight electrons.

Sulfur has an electron configuration of $1 s^{2} 2 s^{2} 2 p^{6} 3 s^{2} 3 P^{4}$ $1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3P^4$ this means that oxygen has six valence electrons $3 s^{2} 3 p^{4}$ $3s^2 3p^4$ . Sulfur seeks out two additional electrons to fill the p orbital and gain the stability of a noble gas, $1 s^{2} 2 s^{2} 2 p^{6} 3 s^{2} 3 p^{6}$ $1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6$ .

However, now Sulfur has 18 electrons and only 16 protons making it a -2 charge anion $S^{- 2}$ $S^(-2)$ .

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