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Ch.10 - Chemical Bonding II: Molecular Shapes & Valence Bond Theory
Chapter 10, Problem 93

Can you provide the formulas of the compounds or ions that bromine forms with one to five fluorine atoms, assign a hybridization to each, and describe their electron and molecular geometry?

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Identify the possible compounds or ions that bromine can form with one to five fluorine atoms: BrF, BrF_2^-, BrF_3, BrF_4^-, and BrF_5.
For each compound or ion, determine the number of electron domains around the central bromine atom, which includes both bonding pairs and lone pairs.
Assign the hybridization based on the number of electron domains: sp^3d for 5 domains, sp^3d^2 for 6 domains, etc.
Determine the electron geometry using the VSEPR theory: linear, trigonal bipyramidal, octahedral, etc., based on the number of electron domains.
Describe the molecular geometry by considering the arrangement of atoms, ignoring lone pairs: linear, T-shaped, see-saw, square planar, etc.