Although I 3 - is known, F 3 - is not. Which statement is the most correct

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Although I3- is known, F3- is not. Which statement is the most correct explanation?

(a) Iodine is more likely to be electron-deficient.

(b) Fluorine is too small to accommodate three nonbonding electron pairs and two bonding electron pairs.

(c) Fluorine is too electronegative to form anions.

(d) I2 is known but F2 is not.

(e) Iodine has a larger electron affinity than fluorine.

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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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