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Among the following, the number of compounds having zero lone pair of electrons on central atom is
$\mathrm{XeO}_3, \mathrm{XeO}_2 \mathrm{~F}_2, \mathrm{XeO}_4, \mathrm{XeO}_3 \mathrm{~F}_2, \mathrm{XeF}_4$
ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureAIIMSAIIMS 2019 (25 May)
Options:
  • A $2$
  • B $3$
  • C $4$
  • D zero.
Solution:
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The correct answer is: $2$


$\mathrm{XeO}_4$ and $\mathrm{XeO}_3 \mathrm{~F}_2$ do not have lone pair of electrons.

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