Germanium chloride, Ge
, has only two atoms surrounding the central germanium atom. Why then is the germanium chloride molecule bent?
A) There is a covalent bond between the two chlorine atoms.
B) A lone pair of electrons on germanium pushes it to this orientation.
C) Lone pairs of electrons on the chlorine atoms push it to this orientation.
D) It is bent only periodically as it swings between both bent and linear shapes.
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