Chlorine trifluoride, geometry

The Lewis structure of chlorine trifluoride is treated in Example. Determine the molecular geometry and draw a three-dimensional picture of the molecule. [Pg.623]

Chlorine monofluoride oxide, 18 328-330 force field of, 18 329, 330 infrared spectrum of, 18 328, 329 stretching force constants for, 18 330 synthesis of, 18 328 Chlorine nitrate fluorination of, 18 332 preparation of, 5 54 Chlorine oxides, 46 109-110, 158 fluorination of, 18 348 Chlorine oxyfluorides, 18 319-389, see also specific compounds adduct formation, 18 327, 328 amphoteric nature of, 18 327, 328 bond lengths, 18 326 bond strengths, 18 323-327 geometry of, 18 320-323 ligand distribution, 18 323 reactivity of, 18 327, 328 stretching force constants, 18 324-327 Chlorine pentafluoride oxide, 18 345, 346 Chlorine trifluoride, reaction with difluoramine, 33 157... [Pg.46]

What is the shape of a chlorine trifluoride molecule, C1F3, which has a triangular bipyramidal geometry ... [Pg.202]