Question

A molecule of water has the same shape as a molecule of:

• A. boron fluoride
• B. carbon dioxide
• C. chlorine dioxide
• D. acetylene

Answer 1

The correct option is C chlorine dioxide

Answer:- (C) chlorine dioxide

Explanation:-

Both have bent molecular shape.

${Cl}_{2}O\&H_{2}O$ both are similar from the point of view that a single oxygen atom forms two single bonds with other atoms.

In all of these cases, the molecule is a tetrahedral with oxygen in the centre, 2 of its electron lone pairs on the two corners and the other atoms on the other two corners. The resulting shape of both molecules is bent.