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XeF4
Xe has 8 valance electrons.
F has 7 valance electrons * 4 = 28 valance electrons
8 + 28 = 36 valance electron total.
Now, there are 4 bonds between Xe and the 4 F's, so that is a total of 8 electrons shared.
36 - 8 = 28 valance electrons left over.
That means that 6 each go around the fluorine atoms as three lone pair per atom and one electron for the exon atom, unless this is a charged molecule.
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How does a lone pair distort the molecular shape?
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