How do you do a Lewis Diagram for a charged molecule?

jumbogala · Oct 21, 2008

Homework Statement

Draw the Lewis Diagram for XeF₂?

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The Attempt at a Solution

EDIT: Maybe this isn't a charged molecule...

How can 2 fluorines bond with Xe? Xe has no valence electrons to bond with! I guess you could do

F-Xe-F, but still, the fluorines have nowhere to bond...

Epsillon · Oct 21, 2008

Xe does not obey the octet rule. It has 10
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How do you do a Lewis Diagram for a charged molecule?

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How do you do a Lewis Diagram for a charged molecule?

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Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution

Discussion

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