Question: Explain the following: a. Ethylene, C 2 H 4 , is a planar molecule, but hydrazine, N 2 H 4 , is not. b. ICI

Explain the following:

a.  Ethylene, C 2 H 4 , is a planar molecule, but hydrazine, N 2 H 4 , is not.

b.  ICI ̅ 2   is linear, but NH ̅ is bent.

c.  Of the compounds mercury(II) cyanate, Hg(OCN) 2 , and mercury(II) fulminate, Hg(CNO) 2 , one is highly explosive, and the other is not.

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