JEE Main Chemistry question

is:

(A)Octahedral
(B)Pentagonal pyramidalCorrect
(C)Planar
(D)Tetrahedral

Answer: (B)

Solution

In , Xe has 6 bond pairs and 1 lone pair — 7 electron domains in total, requiring hybridization. The parent (electron-pair) geometry for 7 domains is pentagonal bipyramidal. Placing the lone pair at one of the two axial positions of this

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