Question

What shape would you expect for XeF4? View Available Hint(s) What shape would you expect for ? linear bent trigonal planar T-shaped trigonal pyramidal tetrahedral seesaw square planar square pyramidal trigonal bipyramidal octahedral

Answer 1

Square Planar

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the valance shell electron pair repulsion theory, the atoms takes a structure whereby the valence electrons minimize the repulsion between them. The shape of an XeF4 looks more like an octahedral but due to the the presence of lone pairs of electrons it takes a square planar shape according to the VSEPR theory