What is the formal charge of I and Cl in ICl4-?

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Noxious Reptile · Answer 1 · 2023-03-05T13:51:36+0000

Step-by-step explanation:

The Iodine is the least electronegative of both elements, so it will go in the center of the Lewis structure. The chlorines will be around it.

Each atom of Cl has 7 valence electrons and the iodine atom also has 7 valence electrons.

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