Question

In addition to interhalogen compounds, many interhalogen ions exist. Would you expect interhalogen ions with a 1+ or a 1- charge to have an even or odd number of atoms? Explain.

Answer 1

There is one electron in the valence shell of every halogen. Two halogen atoms join together to form a covalent connection (sharing one electron each). Thus, inter-halogen compounds with 1+ or a 1- charge contain an even number of atoms.

An interhalogen compound is a molecule with no atoms from any other group of elements and two or more different halogen atoms (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, or astatine). The majority of interhalogen chemicals are binary (composed of only two distinct elements).

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