CHEM1101
2013-J-7
June 2013
Marks
• Complete the following table for the molecules SF
and SF
.
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Molecule Total number of
Lewis structure
Shape of molecule
valence electrons
SF
48
octahedral
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SF
34
“see saw”
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Sulfur hexafluoride (SF
) is quite inert, whilst sulfur tetrafluoride (SF
) is highly
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reactive. Suggest a reason for the difference in reactivity between SF
and SF
.
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There is a lone pair of electrons on the S that can participate in reactions for
SF
, but not for SF
.
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