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Which of the following interhalogen compound does not exist? (A) CIF (B) FCl 3 (C) ClF 3 (D) BrF 5



Which of the following interhalogen compound does not exist? 


        (A)    CIF


        (B)    FCl3


        (C)    ClF3


(D)    BrF5


Grade:upto college level

1 Answers

Simran Bhatia
348 Points
10 years ago

FCl3 does not exist because of the absence of vacant d-orbitals on fluorine so fluorine cannot form three bonds.

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