JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureJEE Main

The number of lone pairs of electrons on Xe in a molecule is .

Answer: 1

Solution

has 6 bond pairs and, using all 8 valence electrons of Xe (6 in bonds, 2 remaining), exactly 1 lone pair ( hybridisation).

Question ID VK-147090