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Draw the structures of the following $X e F_{4}$ .

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The structure of $X e F_{4}$ is shown below. The central Xe atom has 2 lone pairs and 4 bond pairs of electrons. The electron pair geometry is octahedral and molecular geometry is square planar. Xe atom undergoes $s p^{3} d^{2}$ hybridisation.

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