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ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureJEE Main

The structure of is

Answer: (D)

Solution

In , iodine has 2 bond pairs (to the two Cl atoms) and 3 lone pairs, giving 5 electron domains and hybridization with a trigonal bipyramidal electron-pair arrangement; the three lone pairs occupy the equatorial positions (to minimise repulsion), leaving the two bonded chlorine atoms at the axial

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