Shapes of certain interhalogen compounds are stated below. Which one of them is not correctly stated ?

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Shapes of certain interhalogen compounds are stated below. Which one of them is not correctly stated ? (A) IF7: pentagonal bipyramid (B) BrF5: Trigonal bipyramid (C) BrF3: planar T-shaped (D) ICl3: planar dimeric

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<img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/physics/59c7a1f8c92c7be8daa526be7f13973e-.png" /> BrF5 has square pyramidal shape (sp3 d2) with one lone pair at below the basal plane.

Q. Shapes of certain interhalogen compounds are stated below. Which one of them is not correctly stated ?

$I F_{7}$ : pentagonal bipyramid

$B r F_{5}$ : Trigonal bipyramid

$B r F_{3}$ : planar T-shaped

$I C l_{3}$ : planar dimeric

$B r F_{5}$ has square pyramidal shape $(s p^{3} d^{2})$ with one lone pair at below the basal plane.

Q. Shapes of certain interhalogen compounds are stated below. Which one of them is not correctly stated ?

IF7​ : pentagonal bipyramid

BrF5​ : Trigonal bipyramid

BrF3​ : planar T-shaped

ICl3​ : planar dimeric

BrF5​ has square pyramidal shape (sp3d2) with one lone pair at below the basal plane.

$I F_{7}$ : pentagonal bipyramid

$B r F_{5}$ : Trigonal bipyramid

$B r F_{3}$ : planar T-shaped

$I C l_{3}$ : planar dimeric

$B r F_{5}$ has square pyramidal shape $(s p^{3} d^{2})$ with one lone pair at below the basal plane.