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Question
Shape and hybridisation of IF5 are ______.
Options
Trigonal bipyramidal, sp3d2
Trigonal bipyramidal, sp3d
Square pyramidal, sp3d2
Octahedral, sp3d2
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Solution
Shape and hybridisation of IF5 are square pyramidal, sp3d2.
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