Question

explain the tetrahedral structure of chlorine oxide with a bond angle of more than 109 28

Answer 1

The  structure  of  dichlorine  monoxide  is  similar  to  that  of  water  andhypochlorousacid, with  the  molecule  adopting  abent  molecular  geometrydue  to  thelone  pairson  the oxygen.    Thebond    angleis    slightly    larger    than    normal,    likely    due    tosteric repulsionbetween  the  bulky  chlorine  atoms.n  the  solid  state,  it  crystallises  in  the tetrahedralspace  groupI41/amd,  making  it  isostructural  to  the  high  pressure  form  of water.