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Q. Identify the $T$-shaped molecule in the following

KEAMKEAM 2016Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Solution:

For a T-shape molecule, its

central-atom must contain 3 sigma $(\sigma)$ bonds $(b p)$ and 'wo lone pairs ( $1 p$ ) of electrons.

(a) $BF_{3} \to bp=3 lp=0$

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(b) $NH_{3} \to bp =3,lp=1$

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(c) $NF_{3} \to bp =3,lp=1$

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(d) $CiF_{3} \to bp =3,lp=2$

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(e) $PCl_{3} \to bp =3, lp=1$

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