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  2. Sulfur hexafluoride - Wikipedia

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    2. This was the method used by the discoverers Henri Moissan and Paul Lebeau in 1901. Some other sulfur fluorides are cogenerated, but these are removed by heating the mixture to disproportionate any S 2 F 10 (which is highly toxic) and then scrubbing the product with NaOH to destroy remaining SF 4. [clarification needed]

  3. Octahedral molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    For a free ion, e.g. gaseous Ni 2+ or Mo 0, the energy of the d-orbitals are equal in energy; that is, they are "degenerate". In an octahedral complex, this degeneracy is lifted. The energy of the d z 2 and d x 2 −y 2, the so-called e g set, which are aimed directly at the ligands are destabilized.

  4. Sulfur chloride pentafluoride - Wikipedia

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    Under free-radical conditions, SF 5 Cl adds across double bonds. The following reaction occurs with propene: CH 3 CH=CH 2 + SF 5 Cl → CH 3 CHClCH 2 SF 5. The addition reaction is catalyzed by (CH 3 CH 2) 3 B at around −30 °C. SF 5 Br is used similarly. [2] SF 5 Cl is also a precursor to O(SF 5) 2 and F 2 NSF 5 (from tetrafluorohydrazine).

  5. Hypervalent molecule - Wikipedia

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    For example, in phosphorus pentafluoride (PF 5), 5 resonance structures can be generated each with four covalent bonds and one ionic bond with greater weight in the structures placing ionic character in the axial bonds, thus satisfying the octet rule and explaining both the observed trigonal bipyramidal molecular geometry and the fact that the ...

  6. VSEPR theory - Wikipedia

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    In effect, they considered nitrogen dioxide as an AX 2 E 0.5 molecule, with a geometry intermediate between NO + 2 and NO − 2. Similarly, chlorine dioxide (ClO 2) is an AX 2 E 1.5 molecule, with a geometry intermediate between ClO + 2 and ClO − 2. [citation needed] Finally, the methyl radical (CH 3) is predicted to be trigonal pyramidal ...

  7. Molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    Molecular geometry is the three-dimensional arrangement of the atoms that constitute a molecule. It includes the general shape of the molecule as well as bond lengths , bond angles , torsional angles and any other geometrical parameters that determine the position of each atom.

  8. Hexafluoride - Wikipedia

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    Hexafluoride-forming elements Octahedral structure of SF 6. Seventeen elements are known to form binary hexafluorides. [2] Nine of these elements are transition metals, three are actinides, four are chalcogens, and one is a noble gas.

  9. Structural formula - Wikipedia

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    CH 3 CH 2 OH . Parentheses are used to indicate multiple identical groups, indicating attachment to the nearest non-hydrogen atom on the left when appearing within a formula, or to the atom on the right when appearing at the start of a formula: (CH 3) 2 CHOH or CH(CH 3) 2 OH . In all cases, all atoms are shown, including hydrogen atoms.