(a) Use VSEPR to predict the geometry of the hydronium ion, H3O1. (b) The O atom in...

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(a) Use VSEPR to predict the geometry of the hydronium ion, H3O1.
(b) The O atom in H2O has two lone pairs and in principle can accept two H1 ions. Explain why the species H4O2+ does not exist. What would be its geometry if it did exist?
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Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0077274313

10th edition

Authors: Raymond Chang

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