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  • Nov 16, 2010, 09:40 AM
    susus
    About lewis structure of SI6
    Lewis structure of SI6 is this as you know :
    http://www.chem.purdue.edu/vsepr/index_files/SI6.bmp

    My question is , how come that S , can be connected to 6 Iodine molecules, (which means S, is connected to 12 electrons instead of 8 ), while S needs only two electrons to reach an octet?

  • Nov 16, 2010, 03:34 PM
    DrBob1
    Sulfur can hybridize its orbitals to form more than just four bonds.
    Does SI6 exist?
  • Nov 16, 2010, 09:52 PM
    Unknown008

    I would say surely DrBob :)

    You perhaps know (or will learn maybe soon) that electron shells consist of orbitals, the s, p, d and f orbitals.

    The first electron shell contains only s orbital, the second shell contains s and p orbitals, the third, s, p and d while the fourth and above contain all of s, p, d and f. Since the last electrons of sulfur are in the third shell, you have the s, p and d orbitals available. S can contain 2 electrons, p can contain 6 electrons and d can contain 10 electrons, for a total of 18 electrons!

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