JEE Main 2025 Chemistry question

ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureJEE Main 2025

Among SO₂, NF₃, NH₃, XeF₂, ClF₃ and SF₄, the hybridization of the molecule with non-zero dipole moment and highest number of lone-pairs of electrons on the centre atom is :

Answer: (4)

Solution

ClF3 (sp³d hybridization) has highest lone pairs on central atom among the options and possesses a non-zero dipole moment.

Question ID VK-002549