the outer atoms in octahedral geometry are often drawn on paper as a 4-atom square with one atom above and one atom below the square plane. are there actually two kinds of outer atom positions in octahedral geometry or are all of the outer atoms equivalent?



Answer :

Yes,  there actually two kinds of outer atom positions in octahedral geometry.

What is an octahedral geometry?

The octahedral geometry has to do with an arrangement of six groups around the central atom in a compound. We know that for the complexes that do have the octahedral geometry, we have a square that has all the atoms that are in the plane of the square as equivalent.

Now, above and below the plane, we have two axial bonds that tend to be longer than the rest of the bonds that are in the plane of the square and these longer bonds re quite less strong than the bonds that are in the plane of the square.

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