General Chemistry: Atoms First
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Author: John E. McMurry, Robert C. Fay
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 19, Problem 19.91SP
Account for each of the following observations:
- (a) Oxygen is more electronegative than sulfur.
- (b) Sulfur forms long Sn chains, but oxygen does not.
- (c) The SO3 molecule is trigonal planar, but the SO32– trigonal pyramidal.
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