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Write Lewis structures for SeF4 and SeF6. Is the octet rule satisfied for Se?

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QUESTION:

Write Lewis structures for SeF4 and SeF6. Is the octet rule satisfied for Se?

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Lewis structure:

For Se in this structure it has one lone-pair of electrons and 8 bonding electrons and

a total of 10 electrons which exceeds octet rule . Hence selenium tetrafluoride does not obey octet rule.

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