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Match List - I with List-II

  List I (Molecule)   List II (Shape)
A. BrF5   i. T-shape
B. H2O ii. See saw
C. ClF3 iii. Bent
D. SF4 iv. Square pyramidal
ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureJEE MainJEE Main 2024 (30 Jan Shift 1)
Options:
  • A (A)-I, (B)-II, (C)-IV, (D)-III
  • B (A) -II, (B)-I, (C)-III, (D)-IV
  • C (A)-III, (B)-IV, (C)-I, (D)-II
  • D (A)-IV, (B)-III, (C)-I, (D)-II
Solution:
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The correct answer is: (A)-IV, (B)-III, (C)-I, (D)-II

(A) The steric number of the central Bromine atom is =5 bond pairs+one lone pair =6. Hence the shape is square pyramidal structure and the hybridisation is sp3d2.

(B) H2O molecular geometry is bent because it has two bound atoms and two lone pairs on oxygen, the central atom. The two lone pairs on the oxygen atom push the two hydrogen atoms down further away from the oxygen atom and closer to each other, creating a bent shape and 104.5 degrees angle between the two H atoms.

(C) The molecular geometry of ClF3 is said to be T-shaped. ClF3 acquires such a shape because two lone pairs take up equatorial positions as they require more space and greater repulsions. They are arranged in a trigonal bipyramidal shape with 3 bonds and 2 lone pairs.

(D)  SF4 has an sp3d type of hybridisation. In a molecule of SF4, each S atom is bonded to four fluorine atoms. 

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