The VSEPR model also fails to predict the structure of certain compounds because it does not take relative sizes of the substituents and stereochemically inactive lone pairs into account. As a result,...The VSEPR model also fails to predict the structure of certain compounds because it does not take relative sizes of the substituents and stereochemically inactive lone pairs into account. As a result, VSEPR does not give correct geometries for these transitional metal complex compounds.. For example, [SeCl 6 ] 2- , [TeCl 6 ] 2- ,and [BrF 6 ] - are predicted to adopt pentagonal bipyramidal geometries according to VSEPR since the central atom can have seven electron pairs.
The VSEPR model also fails to predict the structure of certain compounds because it does not take relative sizes of the substituents and stereochemically inactive lone pairs into account. As a result,...The VSEPR model also fails to predict the structure of certain compounds because it does not take relative sizes of the substituents and stereochemically inactive lone pairs into account. As a result, VSEPR does not give correct geometries for these transitional metal complex compounds.. For example, [SeCl 6 ] 2- , [TeCl 6 ] 2- ,and [BrF 6 ] - are predicted to adopt pentagonal bipyramidal geometries according to VSEPR since the central atom can have seven electron pairs.
