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Topic: Osmium tetroxide and trimethylsilyl cyanide  (Read 3351 times)

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Offline Mattia

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Osmium tetroxide and trimethylsilyl cyanide
« on: September 15, 2011, 02:13:03 PM »
1) Is osmium tetroxide an acid, basic or amphoteric oxide?

2) What is the molecular geometry of trimethylsilyl cyanide?
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Re: Osmium tetroxide and trimethylsilyl cyanide
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2012, 06:43:41 AM »
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1) Is osmium tetroxide an acid, basic or amphoteric oxide?

 Osmium tetroxide is an amphoteric
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Re: Osmium tetroxide and trimethylsilyl cyanide
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2012, 12:33:47 PM »
2) The geometry would be the same even if you replace the Si with a C. sp3 hybridization
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