Question

Draw the structure of the ${\mathrm{XeF}}_2$ molecule indicating the lone pairs.

Answer 1

Structure of ${\mathrm{XeF}}_2$:

• Xenon being a noble gas does not react easily and form compounds.
• But, Xenon reacts with Oxygen and Fluorine to form compounds.
• The Xenon difluoride is one of the fluorides of Xenon with a Linear structure with $3$ lone pair on the central atom.
• The hybridization of Xenon in ${\mathrm{XeF}}_2$ is ${\mathrm{sp}}^3\mathrm{d}$
• The electron geometry is trigonal bipyramidal and the molecular geometry is linear.