What is the number of lone electron pairs on the central atom of a molecule having a linear molecular geometry, such as clf2-?

Question

Chemistry

Lara Blanchard

9 September, 13:03

What is the number of lone electron pairs on the central atom of a molecule having a linear molecular geometry, such as clf2-?

+4

Answers (1)

Know the Answer?

Paul Christensen · Answer 1

The number of lone electron pairs on the central atom of molecule having a linear molecular geometry such as CIF2 - is three (3). In studying chemistry, linear molecular geometry describes the geometry around a central atom bind to two other atoms or ligands placed to a bond-angle of 180 degrees.