Student Solutions Manual for Oxtoby/Gillis/Butler's Principles of Modern Chemistry, 8th
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Author: David W. Oxtoby, H. Pat Gillis and Laurie J. Butler
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Chapter 3, Problem 102AP
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Interpretation: The structures of six xenon compounds given should be predicted using VSEPR theory.
Concept Introduction:The valence-shell electron-pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory states that each atom in a molecule occupy a geometry which reduces the repulsions between electrons in the valence shell of that atom. Geometry can be predicted looking at the Lewis structure of the molecule and its steric number.
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