Consider the following XF 4 ions: PF 4 - , BrF 4 - , ClF 4 +
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Consider the following XF4 ions: PF4-, BrF4-, ClF4+, and AlF4-.
(a) Which of the ions have more than an octet of electrons around the central atom?
(b) For which of the ions will the electrondomain and molecular geometries be the same?
(c) Which of the ions will have an octahedral electron-domain geometry?
(d) Which of the ions will exhibit a see-saw molecular geometry?
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Chemistry The Central Science
ISBN: 9780321910417
13th Edition
Authors: Theodore E. Brown, H. Eugene LeMay, Bruce E. Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew E. Stoltzfus
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