The number of species below that have two lone pairs of electrons in their central atom is ___ (Round off to…

The number of species below that have two lone pairs of electrons in their central atom is ___ (Round off to the Nearest integer) SF4,BF4-,ClF3,AsF3,PCl5,BrF5,XeF4,SF6

Solution

Two l.p. on central atom is =ClF3,XeF4

The valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory is a model used to predict 3-D molecular geometry based on the number of valence shell electron bond pairs among the atoms in a molecule or ion. This model assumes that electron pairs will arrange themselves to minimize repulsion effects from one another.

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