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Consider the following molecule:
Tin II Chloride (SnCl2)
What best describes the electronic geometry of the molecule?
- linear
- trigonal planar
- bent or angular
- tetrahedral
- trigonal pyrimidal
- trigonal bipyrimidal
- see-saw
- T-shaped
- octahedral
- square pyrimidal
- square planar
What best describes the molecular geometry of the molecule?
- linear
- trigonal planar
- bent or angular
- tetrahedral
- trigonal pyrimidal
- trigonal bipyrimidal
- see-saw
- T-shaped
- octahedral
- square pyrimidal
- square planar
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