Consider the perchlorate anion, ClO 4 - :

The perchlorate anion, ClO4-, has a steric number of 4, with resonance structures showing three double bonds and one single bond, and electrons are delocalized throughout the ion.

Consider the perchlorate anion, ClO 4 - :

The perchlorate anion, ClO4-, has a steric number of 4, with resonance structures showing three double bonds and one single bond, and electrons are delocalized throughout the ion.

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Consider the Perchlorate Anion, ClO₄^-

Question 34

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Consider the perchlorate anion, ClO₄^-:

A) the steric number for this anion is 4, the best description includes resonance structures having two double bonds and two single bonds, electrons are delocalized throughout the ion.
B) the steric number for this anion is 4, the best description includes resonance structures having three double bonds and one single bonds, electrons are delocalized throughout the ion.
C) chlorine is not capable of forming multiple bonds.
D) the steric number for this anion is 4, the best description includes resonance structures having three double bonds and one single bonds, electrons are not delocalized since the structure is not conjugated.
E) the steric number for this anion is 7, the best description includes resonance structures having three double bonds and one single bonds, electrons are delocalized throughout the ion.

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