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Q. Hybridisation and structure of $XeF_2$ is

UP CPMTUP CPMT 2013Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Solution:

$XeF_2$ has trigonal bipyramidal geometry due to $sp^3d$ hybridisation of $Xe$. Three equatorial positions are occupied by lone pairs of electrons giving a linear shape to the molecule.

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