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Grade 6Physical Chemistry

The octet rule is not valid for what molecule and why explain it with example

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9 Years agoGrade 6
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9 Years ago
Octet rule is not valid for electron deficient compounds like BeCl2, BF3 etcIt is not valid for hypervalent compounds like PCl5, SF6,IF7 in these type of molecules octet rule is not valid still they are in existance