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Fluorine is much more reactive than chlorine, even destroying the aromaticity. This is at the expense of the very strong C-F bonds (good orbital size and energy overlap) that are formed. C-Cl bonds are we...

The acronym VSEPR is short for 'Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion'. Consequently, the VSEPR theory is about the repulsion effect of the most chemically important valence electrons and the influence of...

Nucleophile- electron pair donor. If electron dense it's therefore attracted to a positive charge. A partial positive charge can be found on the C atom due to the electronegativity of chlorine. Therefore,...

Going down the 1st column of the periodic table the group 1 metal have increasing numbers of electrons.All group 1 metals have a single electron in their outer shell and with an increasing number of elect...

(The answer really depends on the level of the student, hence more or less explanation might be needed.)The VSEPR (Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion) theory is used within chemistry to predict the geo...