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Correct answer: D
- Use VSEPR theory to determine shape
A pyramidal shape generally arises when the central atom has:
- three bond pairs and one lone pair trigonal pyramidal, or
- four bond pairs and one lone pair in a trigonal bipyramidal arrangement see-saw / T-shaped, not simply pyramidal.
So we examine each species carefully.
- Option A:
In , sulfur is the central atom bonded to three oxygens.
- Number of electron domains around
- No lone pair on sulfur in the usual VSEPR description
Hence the geometry is:
So, is not pyramidal.
- Option B:
For , bromine has 7 valence electrons.
- 3 bond pairs with fluorine
- 2 lone pairs on bromine
Thus total electron pairs around Br = 5, giving:
With two equatorial lone pairs, the molecular shape becomes:
So, is not pyramidal.
- Option C:
For , silicon is bonded to three oxygens.
Using VSEPR, silicon has 3 regions of electron density around it and no lone pair.
Hence shape is:
So, is not pyramidal.
- Option D:
This is thionyl fluoride, with sulfur as the central atom.
Structure: one bond and two bonds.
Now count electron domains around sulfur:
- one double bond counts as one electron domain
- two single bonds two electron domains
- one lone pair on sulfur
Total electron domains around sulfur = 4.
So electron pair geometry is:
With one lone pair and three bonded atoms, molecular shape is:
Thus, has pyramidal shape.
- Final answer
The species having pyramidal shape is:
- Comparison with stored correct answer
Stored correct answer:
My derived answer is also , so they agree.
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