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Offline rêves-tu?

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IF3 lewis properties
« on: February 27, 2020, 09:49:42 PM »
My first thought when looking at the structure of IF3 was that it was a lewis base because it has two lone pairs. However, it turns out that it's an acid. Why is this the case?

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Re: IF3 lewis properties
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2020, 06:33:35 AM »
What's the hybridization of I?
What does its electron configuartion look like?
Try drawing the molecule in Lewis Dot structure.

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