Further examples

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Apply the VSEPR model in order to predict the geometry of the following molecules. Confirm that your answers are correct by examining the corresponding crystal structures. Comment on how closely the observed bond angles agree with the expected ideal values? Can you account for any deviation from the ideal values?

•	Sulfur dioxide: CSD refcode DADXOW

•	[CeCl6]2- : CSD refcode CLCAME01

•	Dichloro-trifluoromethyl)iodine : CSD refcode COXYIX

•	NH3 : CSD refcode KATLAT

•	Dibromo-pentapyridyl-strontium(ii): CSD refcode TANWAG

•	[BCl4]- : CSD refcode PETKAB

•	Dichloro-diphenyl-selenium: CSD refcode PHSECL01

•	trans-bis(Isothiocyanato)-bis(trimethylphosphine)-nickel(ii): CSD refcode BAZSUR

•	Boric acid: CSD refcode JAGREP

•	[ClF4]- : CSD refcode ROLSEQ

•	Pentaphenoxyphosphorane: CSD refocde PPHOXP

•	[SbBr5]2- : CSD refcode CLPYSB

•	tris(Acetonitrile)-trichloro-titanium acetonitrile: CSD refcode DUDKUI10

•	bis(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-Octaethylporphyrinato-N,N,N,N)-cerium(iv): CSD refcode DURLUX