Compare distances to the central atom in the following related compounds and discuss what might be the reason for any trends that you see. (Consider one of the F atoms in F2 to be central.) Pertinent discussions are shown in brackets.
- CH4, NH3, H2O, HF [11bcd]
- CF4, NF3, OF2, F2 [13d]
- BH4, CH4, NH4+ [31a,37a]
- BeF42, BF4, CF4 [33b,39b]
- PH3, SiH4, H2S [19cd]
- NHF2, CH2F2, OF2 [17bc]
- PHF2, SF2, S(CH3)2 [25ab]
- PF3, POF3 [21c]
- NF3, CHF3 [13c]
- IO3, XeO3, IO4-, XeO4 [27ab,77]