Question

Match the following interhalogen compounds with their shapes.

• A. Pentagonal bipyramid
• B. Linear
• C. T-shape
• D. Square pyramidal

Answer 1

According to VSEPR theory

Molecules	Hbridization	Shape
$I{F}_7$	$s{p}^3{d}^3$	pentagonal bipyramidal
$BrF$	$s{p}^3$	linear
$Cl{F}_3$	$s{p}^{3}d$	T-shape
$Br{F}_5$	$s{p}^3{d}^2$	square pyramidal