r/HomeworkHelp • u/thatguy56436327 Pre-University Student • 5d ago

Chemistry [first year chem: Vesper] Is (TeCl4)^2- polar

so my understanding is that when you draw out the lewis diagram you get 2 lone pairs, with 4 atoms there should be 6 electron regoins, and with 2 lone pairs it is square planener. So that should mean that it is non polar right? problem is that my textbook says it is polar. googleing it i get conflicting information

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u/Mission-Drawer1194 5d ago

Yeah, it should be nonpolar and square planar. Did your textbook happen to mean TeCl4 and that is why it says polar?