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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

failure of octet rule in easy way(1)electron deficient species with eg:(2)excess electron species with eg:

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9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
electron deficient species would be the whole halogen groups as they require one elctron complete its octet.
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excess electron species would be noble gases wth one negative excess charge or lone pair.