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Todd Minehardt
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The pentagonal pyramidal structure of XeOF5-

Why does the $\ce{XeF6}$ molecule have an octahedral structure while $\ce{XeOF5-}$ has a pentagonal pyramidal structure, despite both molecules having 7 electron pairs?