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ClF 5 at room temperature is a

Options

  1. AColourless liquid with trigonal bipyramidal geometry
  2. BColourless gas with square pyramidal geometry
  3. CColourless gas with trigonal bipyramidal geometry
  4. DColourless liquid with square pyramidal geometry

Correct answer

D. Colourless liquid with square pyramidal geometry

Step-by-step solution

Chlorine pentafluoride is an inter halogen compound. ClF 5 is colourless liquid. The central chlorine atom is having five bond pairs and one lone pair on it. Hence, according to VSEPR theory it has square pyramidal geometry. It is toxic by inhalation and an irritant to skin, eyes and mucus membranes.

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