Chemistry: Principles and Reactions
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Chapter 7, Problem 73QAP
Describe the geometry of the species in which there are, around the central atom,
(a) four single bonds, two unshared pairs of electrons.
(b) five single bonds.
(c) two single bonds, one unshared pair of electrons.
(d) three single bonds, two unshared pairs of electrons.
(e) two single bonds, two unshared pairs of electrons.
(f) five single bonds, one unshared pair of electrons.
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