Answer
The repulsion is smaller in the equatorial position and is how the structure is observed experimentally.
Work Step by Step
Discussed on page 419 in 10.1 below the lewis structure explanations of Sulfur Tetrafluoride
Chemistry 12th Edition
by Chang, Raymond; Goldsby, Kenneth
Published by
McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10:
0078021510
ISBN 13:
978-0-07802-151-0
Chapter 10 - Chemical Bonding II - Questions & Problems - Page 457: 10.5
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