14. While there are only a few basic VSEPR shapes based on electron geometry, many different VSEPR shapes can arise from different combinations of peripheral atoms and lone pairs. One such shape is the see-saw, which happens when you have a molecule of the general form AXE (where A is the central atom, X is a peripheral atom, and E is a lone pair of electrons). Draw a molecule that would have a see-saw shape (it's not important whether the molecule technically exists, but that it could exist based on the valence electrons of its atoms).
14. While there are only a few basic VSEPR shapes based on electron geometry, many different VSEPR shapes can arise from different combinations of peripheral atoms and lone pairs. One such shape is the see-saw, which happens when you have a molecule of the general form AXE (where A is the central atom, X is a peripheral atom, and E is a lone pair of electrons). Draw a molecule that would have a see-saw shape (it's not important whether the molecule technically exists, but that it could exist based on the valence electrons of its atoms).
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Transcribed Image Text:14. While there are only a few basic VSEPR shapes based on electron geometry, many different VSEPR shapes
can arise from different combinations of peripheral atoms and lone pairs. One such shape is the see-saw,
which happens when you have a molecule of the general form AXE (where A is the central atom, X is a
peripheral atom, and E is a lone pair of electrons). Draw a molecule that would have a see-saw shape (it's
not important whether the molecule technically exists, but that it could exist based on the valence electrons
of its atoms).
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