hybridization

Both ICl4- & ClF3 have 2 lone pairs of electrons, but the dipole moment of ICl4- is zero while that of ClF3 is not. Please explain

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Siddhanth Shekhar ·

shape of ICl4- is square planar so the dipole moment becomes zero as it cancels out while in ClF3 it is T shape, so dipole moment exists

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Arman ·

Why the shape of ICl4- is planar and that of ClF3 is not?

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Aditya ·

bcoz 3 bond pairs in clf3 n 4 in ICl4-

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