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TS EAMCET · Chemistry · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Identify the number of molecules in which the central atom has one lone pair of electrons from the following list \[ \mathrm{PbCl}_2, \mathrm{PH}_3, \mathrm{ClF}_3, \mathrm{SF}_4, \mathrm{BF}_3, \mathrm{SnCl}_2 \]

  1. A 3
  2. B 4
  3. C 1
  4. D 2
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(B) 4

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\(\mathrm{sp}^2\) Hybridisation Trigonal planar geometry. \(\mathrm{sp}^3\) Hybridisation \(\mathrm{sp}^3 \mathrm{~d}\) Hybridisation Trigonal bipyramidal geometry T-shape. \(\mathrm{sp}^3 \mathrm{~d}\) Hybridisation Trigonal bipyramidal geometry see saw shape \(\mathrm{sp}^2\)…