a. Chlorine forms a variety of oxides, among them Cl2O and Cl2O7. Cl2O has a central oxygen; Cl2O7 also has a central oxygen atom, bridging two ClO3 groups. Of these two compounds, which would you predict to have the smaller Cl–O–Cl angle? Explain briefly.
b. The dichromate ion, Cr2O7 2-, has the same structure as Cl2O7, with oxygen now bridging two CrO3 groups. Which of these two oxygen-bridged species do you expect to have the smaller outer atom–O–outer atom angle? Explain briefly.
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