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3 February, 05:26

5) What is the difference between CO2 and XeCl2? The difference between SCl2, SCl4, and SCl6?

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  1. 3 February, 07:56
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    CO₂ has 4 + 2 (6) = 16 valence electrons

    CO₂ have linear molecular structures with a 180° bond angle. CO₂ is nonpolar because the individual bond dipoles cancel each other out

    XeCl₂ has 8 + 2 (7) = 22 valence electrons.

    There are five pairs of electrons about the central Xe atom. The structure will be based on a trigonal bipyramid geometry. The most stable arrangement of the atoms in XeCl₂ is a linear molecular structure with a 180° bond angle. It is nonpolar because the Xe-Cl bond dipoles and lone pairs around Xe are arranged in such a manner that they cancel each other out.

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    SCl₆ is nonpolar because it has 6 bonding pairs and no lone pairs, giving it an octahedral shape. When you draw the vectors, you can see that the resultant is 0, making it nonpolar.

    SCl₄ on the other hand is polar because it has 4 bonding pairs and one lone pair, giving it a trigonal pyramidal shape.

    SCl₂ is also polar due to reasons similar to those in the case of SCl₄.
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