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Valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory (/ ˈ v ɛ s p ər, v ə ˈ s ɛ p ər / VESP-ər, [1]: 410 və-SEP-ər [2]) is a model used in chemistry to predict the geometry of individual molecules from the number of electron pairs surrounding their central atoms. [3]
6 has an octahedral geometry, consisting of six fluorine atoms attached to a central sulfur atom. It is a hypervalent molecule. [citation needed] Typical for a nonpolar gas, SF 6 is poorly soluble in water but quite soluble in nonpolar organic solvents.
In chemistry, octahedral molecular geometry, also called square bipyramidal, [1] describes the shape of compounds with six atoms or groups of atoms or ligands symmetrically arranged around a central atom, defining the vertices of an octahedron. The octahedron has eight faces, hence the prefix octa.
Early considerations of the geometry of hypervalent molecules returned familiar arrangements that were well explained by the VSEPR model for atomic bonding. Accordingly, AB 5 and AB 6 type molecules would possess a trigonal bi-pyramidal and octahedral geometry, respectively.
The molecular geometry of binary hexafluorides is generally octahedral, although some derivatives are distorted from O h symmetry. For the main group hexafluorides, distortion is pronounced for the 14-electron noble gas derivatives. Distortions in gaseous XeF 6 are caused by its non-bonding lone pair, according to VSEPR theory. In the solid ...
Hexafluorophosphate is an anion with chemical formula of [PF 6] −.It is an octahedral species that imparts no color to its salts. [PF 6] − is isoelectronic with sulfur hexafluoride, SF 6, and the hexafluorosilicate dianion, [SiF 6] 2−, and hexafluoroantimonate [SbF 6] −.
Nonlinear geometry is commonly observed for other triatomic molecules and ions containing only main group elements, prominent examples being nitrogen dioxide (NO 2), sulfur dichloride (SCl 2), and methylene (CH 2). This geometry is almost always consistent with VSEPR theory, which usually explains non-collinearity of atoms with a presence of ...
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.