MHT CET202526 Apr 2025Evening ShiftChemistryp Block Elements (Group 15, 16, 17 & 18)Actual
Which of the following xenon compound has chlorine pentafluoride like structure?
Options
- AXeF ₄
- BXeF ₆
- CXeO ₃
- DXeOF ₄
Correct answer
D. XeOF ₄
Step-by-step solution
Xenon compounds share structural similarities with interhalogens when their molecular geometries match. Chlorine pentafluoride ( ClF₅ ) has a square pyramidal geometry arising from an octahedral electron domain with one lone pair and five bonding pairs. Among xenon compounds, XeF₄ is square planar, XeF₆ is distorted octahedral, and XeO₃ is pyramidal. XeOF₄ features xenon bonded to four fluorine atoms and one oxygen atom via a double bond, yielding five bonding domains and one lone pair. This sp^3d^2 hybridized conf