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ChemistryThe p-Block ElementsJEE Advanced

Electrons left in the valence shell when Xe is converted to XeF6 is .

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Solution

Xenon has 8 valence electrons (5s25p6). In XeF6 (AX6E1, sp3d3 hybridisation), Xe forms 6 single bonds to fluorine (contributing 1 electron from Xe to each bond, using 6 of its 8 valence electrons) and retains exactly 1 lone pair (2 electrons). Together,

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