Question

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(a) What is the number of valence electrons contributed from the central atom?

 

(b) What is the number of electrons contributed from surrounding atoms?

   

(c) What number of electrons are added (or subtracted) to account for the charge?

   

(d) What is the total number of electrons in the valence level?

   

(e) What is the number of bonded electron pairs? Lewis structure?

   

(f) What is the number of nonbonded electrons?

   

(g) What is the hybridization of the central atom? What is the shape of the molecule?