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Anonymous Thu Jan 5 19:47:26 2023 No.15102223 [View]
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What's up with the structure of Xenon hexafluoride? We were supposed to draw it's structure according to VSEPR on an exam. Since the free atom has 8 valence electrons, and in the molecule a valence of 6, it should have one free electron pair and therefore a pentagonal pyramidal structure like in pic rel.
I just checked it's real structure, and apparently it's octahedral. Where did the electron pair go?

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