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Ch.8 - Covalent Compounds: Bonding Theories and Molecular Structure

Chapter 8, Problem 53

A potential replacement for the chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants that harm the Earth's protective ozone layer is a compound called E143a, or trifluoromethyl methyl ether, F3COCH3. Draw an electron-dot structure for F3COCH3, and predict the geometry around both the carbons and the oxygen.

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