Using the VSEPR model,the electron-domain geometry of the central atom in ICl₄^- is A) linear. B) trigonal planar. C) tetrahedral. D) trigonal bipyramidal. E) octahedral.

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The ICl4^- ion has six electron domains around the central iodine atom (four bonding pairs and two lone pairs), which corresponds to an octahedral electron-domain geometry according to the VSEPR model.

Using the VSEPR Model,the Electron-Domain Geometry of the Central Atom