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A molecule with square planar geometry but with six electron regions has ______ lone pairs. Report...

A molecule with square planar geometry but with six electron regions has ______ lone pairs.

Report your answer as an integer (whole number) and do not include decimal places. Do not include units in your response.

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Answer #1

square planar geometry means 4 bonds.

4 bonds corresponds to 4 electron region.

There are additional 2 electron region of lone pair.

So, there are 2 lone pairs

Answer: 2

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