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Grade 12th passInorganic Chemistry

The structure of ClF3 and SOF4 using Bent`s rule:Position of lp and bp preferance in TBP

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9 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Umakant biswal
9 Years ago
@ izaz 
the chlorine atom in the molecule CIF3 has 5 valence electron pairs , out of which 3 are bonding pairs and 2 are loan pairs , so, the molecule has a trigonal bipyramidal electron pair geometry and T – shaped molecular geometry due to lp-lp and lp-bp repulsion . 
the shape of SOF4 is dstorted trigonal bipyramidal with oxygen found at the equator ., 
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