| Often the atoms comprising a complex molecule can be arranged in several ways and still satisfy the octet rule for each atom. |
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| Lewis' octet rule is again applicable and is seen to represent the extreme means of achieving lower energy rather than being a goal in itself. |
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| The octet rule is followed in so many compounds it is a useful guide. |
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| An atom will bond with another in order to satisfy the octet rule. |
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| Hypervalent compounds are very common and in general are no less stable than compounds that conform to the octet rule. |
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| It is possible to write Lewis structures that do satisfy the octet rule. |
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| The stabilities of organometallic compounds follow certain empirical rules, among which the 18-electron rule is the analogue of the octet rule of main-group compounds. |
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