AIIMS 2008
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2008
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
AIIMS 2008 · Chemistry · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
Assertion : (SeCl_4) does not have a tetrahedral structure. Reason...
Assertion : (\mathrm{SeCl}_4) does not have a tetrahedral structure.
Reason : (\mathrm{Se}) in (\mathrm{SeCl}_4) has two lone pairs.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false.
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
C. If assertion is true but reason is false.
Step-by-step solution
possesses see-saw geometry, which can be regarded as a distorted trigonal bipyramidal structure, having one lone pair of electrons in the basal position of the trigonal bipyramid. See-saw geometry of molecules arises due to the hybridisation of the central atom. The distortion in shape is due to the presence of one lone pair of electrons.