Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Chemical bonding

Chemical bonding — practice question

At room temperature, aluminium chloride is present as $\text{Al}_2\text{Cl}_6$ molecules. On heating to a high temperature, $\text{AlCl}_3$ molecules form. What are the arrangements of the bonding pairs of electrons around the aluminium atom in these two forms of aluminium chloride?

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