Silicon, with the lowest electronegativity, gets to be the central atom. Here is the skeleton structure. Each halogen has an octet of electrons.
....Cl
.....|
Cl-Si-Br
.....|
....Br
Th e molecule is tetrahedral with 109.5 degree bond angles, and sp3 hybridization on all of the atoms.
Answered by
Rajesh Veera
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9:06 PM on March 23, 2010