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Explain the structure of Xenon fluoride (XeF2).

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1. The Xenon in XeF undergoes sp3d hybridisation and the expected geometry is trigonal bi-pyramid. It has three lone pairs and two bond pairs.

2. The Xenon and two fluorine atoms lie in a straight line while the three equatorial positions are occupied by lone pairs. The actual shape is linear.

 

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