Question 8.14: Draw the Lewis structure of xenon tetrafluoride (XeF4).

Draw the Lewis structure of xenon tetrafluoride (XeF₄).

Strategy Follow the steps for drawing Lewis structures. The skeletal structure is

Setup There are 36 total valence electrons (eight from Xe and seven from each of the four F atoms).
We subtract eight electrons to account for the bonds in the skeleton, leaving 28 to distribute. We first complete the octets of all four F atoms. When this is done, four electrons remain, so we place two lone pairs on the Xe atom.

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