2007-02-12 16:08:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
You can try to draw Lewis diagram, i think oxygen difluoride(OF2) is linear in shape, just like F-O-F
2007-02-12 16:29:08 · answer #1 · answered by li mei 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a bent molecule with oxygen as the central atom with 2 lone pairs. The flourine atoms are on each side of the oxygen. The presence of the lone pairs causes repulsion causing the shape to be non-linear. Thus, it is bent.
Please note that Oxygen has six valence electrons with 2 unpaired electrons available for bonding. Flourine has seven valence electrons with one unpaired electron that can easily bond with one of the oxygen unpaired electrons. By doing so, in the LEWIS diagram, the oxygen completes an octet of electrons and the flourine atoms do likewise. Thus, the molecule is stable enough with this configuration. Of course, each flourine has three lone pairs.
Something like.
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2007-02-12 16:35:07 · answer #2 · answered by Aldo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
oxygen: O2, oxygen has 6 valence elctrons each, so 2 of oxygen atoms makes 12 valence e- total. do th same for difluoride, depending on how many atoms of flourine there are in the compound. After you find the total number of valence electrons, do the lewis dots sturcture for the compound. there are certain names for different combinations of chemical bonds. It depends on lone pairs and bonded pairs. hope this helped, u can google the process. examples of the nmes are linear, bent, tetrahedral, octahedral
2007-02-12 16:24:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hmmm.. Mathematics... in what shape are the forces in equilibrium?
soap bubbles.
2007-02-12 16:16:37 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋