Lewis Structure for IF3

ultimateguy

Trying to draw Lewis structure for IF3. There's four atoms, so 32 electrons needed minus the 28 availabe (7 valence each) give 4 electron bonded pairs, which is 2 bonds... but there has to be at least 3. I'm stupid, what am I missing?

edit: never mind i got it

Gokul43201

You're missing nothing...except the fact that it needn't always be possible to have octets everywhere.

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ultimateguy	Lewis Structure for IF3 Tweet Trying to draw Lewis structure for IF3. There's four atoms, so 32 electrons needed minus the 28 availabe (7 valence each) give 4 electron bonded pairs, which is 2 bonds... but there has to be at least 3. I'm stupid, what am I missing? edit: never mind i got it

Gokul43201 Recognitions: Gold Member Science Advisor Staff Emeritus	You're missing nothing...except the fact that it needn't always be possible to have octets everywhere.