{"id":223938,"date":"2025-06-02T13:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T13:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=223938"},"modified":"2025-06-02T13:44:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T13:44:05","slug":"what-is-molecular-geometry-of-scl3-ion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/02\/what-is-molecular-geometry-of-scl3-ion\/","title":{"rendered":"What is molecular geometry of SCl3 ion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is molecular geometry of SCl3 ion? trigonal pyramidal trigonal bipyramidal trigonal planar T-shaped<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer is: T-shaped<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Explanation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To determine the molecular geometry of the SCl\u2083\u207b<\/strong> ion, we apply Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory<\/strong>, which predicts the geometry based on the repulsions between electron pairs around the central atom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Determine the central atom and count valence electrons:<\/strong>\n
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    • Sulfur (S) is the central atom.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Sulfur has 6 valence electrons.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Each chlorine (Cl) atom brings 7 valence electrons.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • There are 3 Cl atoms, so: 3 \u00d7 7 = 21<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • One extra electron comes from the negative charge (\u207b), adding 1 more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Total = 6 (S) + 21 (Cl) + 1 (extra) = 28 valence electrons<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Assign electrons:<\/strong>\n
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      • 3 S\u2013Cl bonds = 3 \u00d7 2 = 6 electrons<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Remaining = 28 \u2212 6 = 22 electrons<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Distribute remaining electrons as lone pairs on Cl atoms first (each needs 6 more to complete octet): 3 \u00d7 6 = 18<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Remaining electrons = 22 \u2212 18 = 4 electrons<\/strong>, which are placed as 2 lone pairs<\/strong> on the central S atom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Determine electron regions:<\/strong>\n
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        • 3 bonding pairs (from 3 S\u2013Cl bonds)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 2 lone pairs (on S)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • This gives a total of 5 electron domains<\/strong> \u2192 This corresponds to a trigonal bipyramidal<\/strong> electron geometry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Determine molecular geometry:<\/strong>\n
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          • In a trigonal bipyramidal geometry, lone pairs occupy equatorial<\/strong> positions to minimize repulsion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The three Cl atoms will occupy two axial and one equatorial positions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • This results in a T-shaped molecular geometry<\/strong> (3 atoms, 2 lone pairs).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            Thus, the molecular geometry of SCl\u2083\u207b<\/strong> is T-shaped<\/strong>, not trigonal pyramidal, bipyramidal, or planar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            What is molecular geometry of SCl3 ion? trigonal pyramidal trigonal bipyramidal trigonal planar T-shaped The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The correct answer is: T-shaped Explanation To determine the molecular geometry of the SCl\u2083\u207b ion, we apply Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory, which predicts the geometry based on the repulsions between electron pairs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}