A list of species having the formula XZ4 is given below. X e F 4 ,   S F 4 ,   S i F 4 ,   B…

A list of species having the formula XZ4 is given below.
XeF4, SF4, SiF4, BF4-, BrF4-, CuNH342+, FeCl42-, CoCl42- and PtCl42-
Defining shape on the basis of the location of X and Z atoms, the total number of species having a square planar shape is

Solution

XeF4Square planar
BrF4-Square planar
CuNH342+Square planar
PtCl42-Square planar
SF4See-saw
SiF4Tetrahedral
BF4-Tetrahedral
FeCl42-Tetrahedral
CoCl42-Tetrahedral

Asked in: JEE Advanced 2014 (Paper 1)

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