INTERPRETATION DOUBT.................

Which of the following pairs have identical shapes?
a) AlCl3, SO3
b) BeCl2, CO2
c) SF6, XeF6
d) XeF2, CO2

In this type of questions shud v consider the fact that AlCl3 and BeCl2 occur as trimers and dimers respectivelty???

coz then the shape of AlCl3 and SO3 can obviously not be the same!!!!

8 Answers

1
skygirl ·

no . just take it as they are given.

3
msp ·

is it c.

1
skygirl ·

is it multiple choice ?

ans : a, b, d ??

1
skygirl ·

well... sankara,,,

c for sure is not identical cos..

Sef6 is square pyramidal and Xef6 is capped octahedral.

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tapanmast Vora ·

yah its a,b,d

the point was to know wetherr 2 treat alcl3 as Al2Cl6 or not!!!

1
skygirl ·

okie.... so i told first only ...

take the compounds just as they are given ...

not in any other form ...

if u are given borax as Na2[B4O5(OH)4].8H2O take it that way ...
dun take it Na2B4O7.10H2O .... like this...

21
tapanmast Vora ·

thnx sky :)

1
skygirl ·

:)

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