i) ASF3, (ii) BIF3, (iii) C1O3", (iv) BrO2" Answer the following questions for the molecules given above: a) Draw the Lewis structure for each of the following molecules or ions. b) Predict their electron-domain and molecular geometries. c) Assign oxidation numbers and formal charges to each atom. d) Is it polar or nonpolar? e) Comment on the bond angle of each compound. f) Write the hybridization of the central atom in each molecule.

i) ASF3, (ii) BIF3, (iii) C1O3", (iv) BrO2" Answer the following questions for the molecules given above: a) Draw the Lewis structure for each of the following molecules or ions. b) Predict their electron-domain and molecular geometries. c) Assign oxidation numbers and formal charges to each atom. d) Is it polar or nonpolar? e) Comment on the bond angle of each compound. f) Write the hybridization of the central atom in each molecule.

Chemistry: Matter and Change

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Chapter8: Covalent Bonding

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