Seesaw Molecular Geometry - Examples

Examples

Sulfur tetrafluoride is the premier example of a molecule with the seesaw molecular geometry (see image at upper right). The following compounds and ions have seesaw geometry:

  • SF4
  • SeF4
  • IF2O2-
  • IOF3
  • ClF4+
  • TeF4
  • XeO2F2

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