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Topic: What is the chemical structure of PtCl4 and why? (and what molecular shape?)  (Read 2355 times)

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Offline nimboy25

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This is a question that came up in a bonding unit in chemistry.

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Do you have an educated guess? Maybe something based on VSEPR.
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Are you an instructor asking a question or are you a student requesting assistance?  Assuming the latter, start by looking up the electronic structure of Pt and counting the valence electrons.

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PtCl4 has a chain structure with octahedral Pt and Pt-Cl-Pt bridges that can not be predicted using simple arguments.
I think you may mean [PtCl4]^2- the most common starting material of Pt.  It is square planar d^8.

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