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why does [XeF5]- have a pentagonal planar structure?????

shreya k , 14 Years ago

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Godfrey Classic Prince

Dear shreya k,

[XeF₅]^- has 5 bond paris and two lone pairs & therefore it has a pentagonal planar structure !!

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john

It is pentagonal planar but that’s because lone pair repulsion is greater than bond pair repulsion. So the two lone pairs occupy the apices of a pentagonal bipyramidal stucture. This places them further away from the other electron pairs then they would be if they were in the plane of five.

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