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प्रश्न
Give reason to explain why ClF3 exists but FCl3 does not exist.
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उत्तर
Chlorine has vacant d-orbitals, which become excited upon bonding when electrons from the 3p-orbital are promoted to the 3d-orbital, giving it a covalency of three.
Due to the lack of unoccupied d-orbitals in the second energy shell, fluorine cannot expand its octet. As a result, it can only have one covalency.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Draw structure of Chlorine pentafluoride
Account for the following: Fluorine does not exhibit positive oxidation state.
Account for the following :
Acidic character increases from HF to HI.
Which halogen compound in each of the following pairs will react faster in SN2 reaction
(CH3)3 C – Cl or CH3 – Cl
Give two examples to show the anomalous behaviour of fluorine.
Why are halogens coloured?
Write the reactions of F2 with water.
With what neutral molecule is ClO− isoelectronic? Is that molecule a Lewis base?
Cl2 acts as a bleaching agent.
Tincture of iodine is ____________.
Which one has the lowest boiling point?
Fluorine differs from the rest of the halogens in some of its properties. This is due to ____________.
Which of the following pairs of ions are isoelectronic and isostructural?
Reduction potentials of some ions are given below. Arrange them in decreasing order of oxidising power.
| Ion | \[\ce{CIO^{-}_{4}}\] | \[\ce{IO^{-}_{4}}\] | \[\ce{BrO^{-}_{4}}\] |
| Reduction potential EΘ/V |
EΘ = 1.19 V | EΘ = 1.65V | EΘ = 1.74 V |
Which of the following statements are true?
(i) Only type of interactions between particles of noble gases are due to weak dispersion forces.
(ii) Ionisation enthalpy of molecular oxygen is very close to that of xenon.
(iii) Hydrolysis of XeF6 is a redox reaction.
(iv) Xenon fluorides are not reactive.
Solubility of iodine in water may be increase by adding
Statement I: Acid strength increases in the order given as HF << HCl << HBr << HI.
Statement II: As the size of the elements F, Cl, Br, and I increase down the group, the bond strength of HF, HCl, HBr, and HI decreases and so the acid strength increases.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
