Q29 · CSIR-NET Chemistry, June 2013

Paper: CSIR-NET June 2013 · Subject: Inorganic Chemistry · Chapter: Chemical Bonding · Topic: Chemical Bonding – General · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Easy

The number of lone-pairs are identical in the pairs

(a)$\mathrm{XeF}_{4}, \mathrm{ClF}_{3}$

(b)$\mathrm{XeO}_{4}, \mathrm{ICl}_{4}^{-}$

(c)$\mathrm{XeO_2F_2}$, $\mathrm{ICl_4^{-}}$

(d)$\mathrm{XeO}_{4}, \mathrm{ClF}_{3}$

Answer

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Explanation

XeF₄ and ClF₃ each have two lone pairs on the central atom (a).

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