JEE Advanced Chemistry question

ChemistryThe p-Block ElementsJEE Advanced

Match Column I with Column II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the column Column I: A. XeF4 B. XeF6 C. XeO3 D. XeO4 Column II: 1. Distorted octahedral 2. Tetrahedral 3. Square planar 4. Pyramidal Codes

Answer: (B)

Solution

XeF4 (sp3d2, 2 lone pairs, 4 F in a plane) is square planar (3). XeF6 (sp3d3, 1 lone pair stereochemically active but geometrically distorted from a true octahedron) is a

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