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Draw the structure of xenon hexafluoride molecule and state the hybridisation of the central atom and the structure of the molecule.

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Draw the structure of xenon hexafluoride molecule and state the hybridisation of the central atom and the structure of the molecule.

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Solution

Structure of xenon hexafluoride:

XeF6 has a distorted octahedral structure.

The central xenon (Xe) atom undergoes sp3d3 hybridisation in its third excited state.

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