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Q. What is the structure of $XeF_6$?

UPSEEUPSEE 2015Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Solution:

For $XeF _{6}$,

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$ H =\frac{1}{2}[V+Y-C+A] $

$=\frac{1}{2}[8+6+0+0]=7 $

Hybridisation $=s p^{3} \,d^{3}$

Due to the presence of one lone pair of electron, $XeF _{6}$ has distorted octahedral geometry.