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YAHOO Anwsers: What is the Lewis structure for NBr3?

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CHEMICAL NAME: Nitrogen Tribromide
MOLECULAR FORM: NBr3
RESONANCES: 1
VALENCES:                              e - e
Bromine 7                            e       e
Nitrogen 3                           |  Br   |
ELECTRON                             e       e
COUNT: 26                              • - e
                                           ¦
                           e - e       • - e       e - e
                         e       e---e       •   •       e
                         |  Br   |   |   N   |   |  Br   |
                         e       •   •       e---e       e
                           e - e       e - e       e - e
 e = One electron.
 • = Place holder for absent electron (possible location of an electron).
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By Jim Shook 7/31/2007