Position of lone pairs in a trigonal bipyramidal molecule (SF4, ClF3)
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28 Jun 2022
123In the structure of , the lone pair of electrons on is in.Tap an option to check your answer.
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4 Apr 2025
119Given below are two statements: Statement (I) : for , all three possible structures may be drawn as follows. Statement (II) : Structure III is most stable, as the orbitals having the lone pairs are axial, where the lp-bp repulsion is minimum. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:Tap an option to check your answer.