Neither the VSEPR model nor the hybridization model is

Chapter 10, Problem 106E

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Neither the VSEPR model nor the hybridization model is able to account for the experimental observation that the F __ Ba __ F bond angle in gaseous BaF2 is 108o rather than the predicted 180o. Suggest some possible explanations for this observation.

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