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Grade 10Inorganic Chemistry

In which of the following species all F atoms and the central atom is/are not in one plane (a) Xef4 (b) Pcl2f3 (c) pcl3f2 (d) clsf5

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7 Years agoGrade 10
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Profile image of Arun
7 Years ago
am giving the most common and general way to determine co-planar nature. For Organic chemistry, atoms involved in resonance in a particular molecule, would lie in the same plane (ex: Benzene,Biphenyl) . For inorganic part, determine the hybridisation, structure and look whether molecules lie in same plane (ex: Square planar is the structure for XeF4 where all the atoms lie in same plane)