(Solved): Draw the Lewis structure of each species and determine the number of bonding and lone pairs of ele ...

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Part a)
The Molecule is   
The central atom is   
The atomic number of   is   and valence electrons is   
The number of bond pairs is    ( five sigma bonds)
The number of lone pairs is   
The total number of electron pairs is   
Hybridization is   
Electron pair geometry is   
Molecular geometry is   
The Lewis structure is shown below.




For six electron domains the electron pair geometry is octahedral when there is one lone pair the shape changes to square pyramidal to minimize bond-pair lone-pair repulsion