Chemistry 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078021510
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-151-0

Chapter 22 - Nonmetallic Elements and Their Compounds - Questions & Problems - Page 992: 22.73

Answer

SF6 exists but OF6 does not because oxygen does not has vacant d-orbitals in the valence shell. Electrons are oxygen cannot be excited to higher levels to six unpaired electrons. In 'S' it is possible to do so as it has vacant d-orbital.

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