Observe the following molecules. PCl5, BrF5, ClF5, PF5, ClF3, XeF4, XeF2, IF5 The number of molecules having square pyramidal geometry from the above is

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Observe the following molecules. PCl5, BrF5, ClF5, PF5, ClF3, XeF4, XeF2, IF5 The number of molecules having square pyramidal geometry from the above is (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 6

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The number of molecules having square pyramidal geometry from the given molecules is

3

,

i.e.

B r F_{5}, I F_{5}, C I F_{5}

. The geometries of the other given molecules are as follows:

Molecules	Geometry(shape)
$PC l_{5}$	Trigonal bipyramidal
$P F_{5}$	Trigonal bipyramidal
$Cl F_{3}$	T - shaped
$X e F_{4}$	Square planar
$X e F_{2}$	Linear

Q. Observe the following molecules. PCl5​,BrF5​,ClF5​,PF5​,ClF3​,XeF4​,XeF2​,IF5​ The number of molecules having square pyramidal geometry from the above is

4

5

3

6

Q. Observe the following molecules.
$PC l_{5}, B r F_{5}, Cl F_{5}, P F_{5}, Cl F_{3}, X e F_{4}, X e F_{2}, I F_{5}$
The number of molecules having square pyramidal geometry from the above is