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7.6 Exercise 9

Avg difficulty 2.5

What are the electron-pair geometry and the molecular structure of each of the following molecules or ions?

(a) ClF5

(b) ClO2−\text{ClO}_{2} ^{−}

(c) TeCl42−\text{TeCl}_{4} ^{\text{2}−}

(d) PCl3

(e) SeF4

(f) PH2−\text{PH}_{2} ^{−}

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