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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · p Block Elements (Group 15, 16, 17 & 18)

Which of the following fluorides of Xenon does not exist?

  1. A \(\mathrm{XeF}_3\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{XeF}_2\)
  3. C \(\mathrm{XeF}_6\)
  4. D \(\mathrm{XeF}_4\)
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(A) \(\mathrm{XeF}_3\)

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Xe forms fluorides of even number of fluorine atoms. This is so because the promotion of one, two or three electrons from the \(5 \mathrm{p}\) - orbital will result in two, four or six half-filled orbitals and this will give \(\mathrm{XeF}_2, \mathrm{XeF}_4\) or…