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ClF5 at room temperature is a

Chemical Bonding · Class 11 · JEE Main Previous Year Question

Question

ClF5\mathrm{ClF_5} at room temperature is a

Options
  1. a

    Colourless liquid with trigonal bipyramidal geometry

  2. b

    Colourless gas with square pyramidal geometry

  3. c

    Colourless gas with trigonal bipyramidal geometry

  4. d

    Colourless liquid with square pyramidal geometry

Correct Answerd

Colourless liquid with square pyramidal geometry

Detailed Solution

🧠 Determine the geometry of \ceClF5\ce{ClF5} using VSEPR: Cl has 7 valence electrons, 5 bonds to F, leaving 1 lone pair.

Steric number = 5 + 1 = 6 → octahedral electron geometry → with 1 LP, the molecular shape is square pyramidal (lone pair occupies one axial position of an octahedron, pushing 4 equatorial F atoms into a square base with 1 apical F).

\ceClF5\ce{ClF5} is indeed a colourless liquid at room temperature (boiling point ≈ −13.1 °C, so it is a liquid at room temperature near its bp; sometimes cited as liquid at 25 °C under moderate pressure, or near-liquid at RT). The key fact tested here is its square pyramidal geometry.

Answer: (d) Colourless liquid with square pyramidal geometry\boxed{\text{Answer: (d) Colourless liquid with square pyramidal geometry}}

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