Question

Draw the Lewis structure for ICl₅ and answer the following questions.

How many valence electrons are present in this compound?

How many bonding electrons are present in this compound?

How many lone pair (non-bonding) electrons are present in this compound?

Is ICl₅a polar or non-polar compound? What is the geometry of ICl₅? What is the shape of ICl₅? What are the approximate bond angles made by the atoms in this structure? Select all that apply. What, if anything, is wrong with each of the following structural representations of ICl₅?
(Only the lone pairs on the central atom are shown.)
nothing is wrong too many electrons about the central atom too few electrons about the central atom electrons in wrong locations  
nothing is wrong too many electrons about the central atom too few electrons about the central atom electrons in wrong locations  
nothing is wrong too many electrons about the central atom too few electrons about the central atom electrons in wrong locations  

yes no  60^o
yes no  90^o
yes no  109^o
yes no  120^o
yes no  180^o

linear
trigonal planar
tetrahedral
trigonal pyramidal
square planar
square pyramidal
V-shaped
T-shaped
see-saw

linear
trigonal planar
tetrahedral
trigonal bipyramidal
octahedral

polar
non-polar

Answer 1