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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is the structure of XeO2F2???i know its hybridization as sp3d but cannot quite understand its diagram in free space,help anyone???

OpenStudy (mani_jha):

The arrangement is trigonal bipyramidal(it's better to imagine it as a triangle with two ends in the opposite planes). There's only one lone pair. You've got to find the best position for it so that it is farthest from the bonds. So, the lone pair should be at a vertex of the planar triangle. The shape is the molecule without the lone pair. Remove one side from the triangle and place two fluorines vertically above and vertically down. Place two oxygens at the two other vertices of the planar triangle. What do you get? A straight vertical line with two sides of a triangle protruding from the centre. That's a see-saw! Got it?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

got a diagram???@mani

OpenStudy (mani_jha):

Here

OpenStudy (anonymous):

check FFM's problem

OpenStudy (apoorvk):

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