What is the steric number of HCCl3?
The steric number represents the number of lone pairs present on, and the number of atoms bonded to the central atom of a molecule.
HCCl3 would have an AX4 designation. This would make its shape tetrahedral.
The molecule has a central carbon. There would be a single covalent bond to three chlorine atoms and a single bond to the one hydrogen atom. No lone pairs are present on it, which means that its steric number will be equal to 4.
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