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Offline YOEVEN

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Lewis structure for SF6
« on: November 14, 2008, 09:33:41 AM »
I have 48 valence electrons with S as the central atom.  6 single bonds connecting the F with 3 lone pairs on each F.  Adds up to 48.  But how does S get 6 single bonds? Doesn't that violate the octet rule?
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Re: Lewis structure for SF6
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2008, 09:52:48 AM »
Octet rule is absolutely valid only for second row elements, mainly for C, N, O and F, and in fact this is rather an exception then a rule!
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Re: Lewis structure for SF6
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2008, 09:53:30 AM »
thank you.
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