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Given information

To draw the Lewis structure first, we will find out the total valence electrons.

number of electrons in the valence shell of the iodine is  

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Two single bonds are formed by the centrally placed iodine atom of  . From central iodine atom two valence electrons are utilised by each single bond.

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