What is the Lewis structure for $XeF_4$ polar?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-31T01:04:37

$"XeF"_4$ would be considered nonpolar..

Xenon tetrafluoride is a neutral molecule consisting of four $"F"$ atoms bonded to a central $"Xe"$ atom (xenon is hypervalent in this situation).

Looking at the rules for determining Lewis structures, we see the following:

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Xenon has $4$ bonding electron pairs and $2$ nonbonding pairs, so the molecular geometry is square planar.

The electrons are distributed evenly outward from the $"Xe"$ , so this is a nonpolar molecule.

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