Question

Consider the sulfur difluoridemolecule.What is the central atom? Enter its chemical symbol.How many lone pairs are around the central atom?What is the ideal angle between the sulfur-fluorine bonds?Compared to the ideal angle, you would expect the actual angle between the sulfur-fluorine bonds to be ...

Answer 1

Answer:

a. The central atom is sulfur

b. SF2

c. The central atom has two lone pairs

d. The ideal angle between the sulfur-fluorine bonds is 109.5°

e.  I expect the actual angle between the sulfur-fluorine bonds to be less than 109.5° because unbonded pairs repel bonded pairs more than bonded pairs repel other bonded pairs. So the bonds here will be pushed closer than normal