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Position of lone pairs in a trigonal bipyramidal molecule (SF4, ClF3)

This type of question, asked 2 times: 28 Jun 2022, 4 Apr 2025. All 2 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    28 Jun 2022

    123
    In the structure of SF4SF_{4}, the lone pair of electrons on SS is in.

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  2. Question 2

    4 Apr 2025

    119
    Given below are two statements: Statement (I) : for ClF3ClF_{3}, 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:

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