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<strong>Chapter</strong> 9: Molecular Structures 325<br />

(d) Molecules <strong>of</strong> liquid HCl interact via dipole-dipole interactions. These intermolecular forces must be<br />

overcome to boil liquid HCl.<br />

+<br />

H Cl<br />

94. The answers given here are not the only correct answers. They are only examples.<br />

(a) XH 3 would have a central atom with one lone pair <strong>of</strong> electrons, if X = N.<br />

(b) XCl 3 would have no lone pairs on the central atom, if X = B.<br />

H<br />

. ..<br />

..<br />

H<br />

.<br />

N<br />

H<br />

+<br />

..<br />

. Cl .<br />

Cl<br />

H<br />

..<br />

.. .<br />

B<br />

Cl Cl<br />

(c) XF 5 would have no lone pairs on the central atom, if X = P.<br />

..<br />

. F..<br />

.<br />

.<br />

. F.<br />

. . .<br />

.<br />

F<br />

P<br />

. . F.<br />

.<br />

. .<br />

F .<br />

. .<br />

(d) XCl 3 would have two lone pairs on the central atom, if X = I.<br />

. .<br />

.<br />

Cl<br />

..<br />

.<br />

I<br />

. Cl . .<br />

.<br />

. .<br />

Cl .<br />

. .<br />

95. (a) XCl 2 would have a central atom with no lone pair <strong>of</strong> electrons, if X = Be.<br />

..<br />

. Cl ..<br />

..<br />

.. .<br />

Be Cl<br />

(b) XH 2 would have two lone pairs on the central atom, if X = O.<br />

H<br />

. .<br />

. .<br />

O H<br />

(c) XF 4 would have one lone pair on the central atom, if X = S.<br />

..<br />

. F..<br />

. . . F.<br />

. . .<br />

.<br />

F<br />

S<br />

.<br />

. . F.<br />

.

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