Number of lone pairs of electrons in the central atom of SCl 2 , O 3 , ClF 3 and SF 6 , respectively, are

Number of lone pairs of electrons in the central atom of SCl2,O3,ClF3 and SF6, respectively, are
  1. 0,1,2 &  2
  2. 2, 1, 2 & 0
  3. 1, 2, 2 & 0
  4. None of these

Solution

The Lewis dot structure of the given molecules will be the following.

As we can see in above structures that SCl2 has 2 lone pair and 2 bond pair, O3 has one lone pair and two bond pair,ClF3 has two lone pair and 3 bond pair and SF6 has 0 lone pair and 6 bond pair

Asked in: JEE Main 2022 (29 Jul Shift 1)

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