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Sodium borohydride, NaBH4, has found wide use as a reducing agent in organic chemistry. It is an ionic compound composed of one sodium ion, Na, and one borohydride ion, BH4.
(a) How many valence electrons are present in the borohydride ion?
(b) Draw a Lewis structure for the borohydride ion.
(c) Predict the H−B−H bond angles in the borohydride ion.
Sodium borohydride, NaBH4, has found wide use as a reducing agent in organic chemistry. It is an ionic compound composed of one sodium ion, Na, and one borohydride ion, BH4.
(a) How many valence electrons are present in the borohydride ion?
(b) Draw a Lewis structure for the borohydride ion.
(c) Predict the H−B−H bond angles in the borohydride ion.
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