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(a) Use VSEPR to predict the geometry of the hydronium ion (H3O+), (b) The O atom in H2O h...

(a) Use VSEPR to predict the geometry of the hydronium ion (H3O+), (b) The O atom in H2O has two lone pairs and in principle can accept two H+ ions. Explain why the species H4O2+ does not exist. What would be its geometry if it did exist?

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