Chemistry · CHEMICAL BONDING AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE

In the shown Lewis electron dot diagram of covalent bonding, how many total lone pairs of electrons are present on the chlorine atoms in a single \( \text{CCl}_4 \) molecule?

1. A
   \( 12 \)
2. B
   \( 8 \)
3. C
   \( 4 \)
4. D
   \( 16 \)