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Draw the Lewis structure for sulfur tetrafluoride, SF4

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Notes:-

  • S has Z=16

Electronic configuration

  • 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁴

So

  • Valency is 4 and 6

  • Three fluorine atoms take 3 electrons and one lone pair present over S
  • As one electron remains unshared so we use + sign .
Draw the Lewis structure for sulfur tetrafluoride, SF4-example-1
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