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Capstone: From Lewis Structure to Molecular Polarity

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This capstone traces one molecule from its Lewis structure through its VSEPR geometry to its final polarity classification, showing that polarity is the predictable end of a structural chain rather than a fact to memorize per molecule.

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Assuming a linear molecular geometry always traces back to a linear electron-pair geometry, rather than checking whether lone pairs occupy positions that leave only the bonded atoms in a line, misses cases like XeF2 entirely.