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What is the electron pair geometry of the following? (Easy 10 pts!)?

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What is the electron pair geometry of the following?

ClO2−

ICl2+

ClF2−

Answers are: Linear, Trigonal planar, Tetrahedral, Trigonal bipyramidal, or Octahedral

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  1. ClO2^-

    This has 20 electrons and four electron pairs around the central atom, which is Cl.  The electron pair geometry is tetrahedral,

    ICl2^+

    This has 20 electrons, and also has an electron pair geometry that is tetrahedral

    ClF2^-

    This has 22 electrons, and has trigonal bipyramidal electron pair geometry


  2. 1. tetrahedral because Cl has 4 e- groups

    2. tetrahedral because I has 4 e- groups

    3. trigonal bipyramidal because Cl has 5 e- groups (i think)

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