What are the bonded-atom lone-pair arrangements, the bond angles, and the shapes of

(a) BrF₅,

(b) ClNO,

(c) ?

Strategy

Obtain the steric numbers of each central atom from the Lewis structures and use them to assign the bonded-atom lone-pair arrangement, which determines the bond angles. The shapes are determined from the positions of the bonded atoms; the positions of the lone pairs on central atoms are not considered in describing the shapes, even though they are used to determine the bonded-atom lone-pair arrangements.

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