Two different compounds have the formula ${X e F}_{2} C l_{2}$ . Write Lewis structure for these two compounds, and describe how measurement of dipole might be used to distinguish between them.

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Solution

The different compounds are:-

$μ$ $μ = 0$
$c i s X e F_{2} C l_{2}$ $t r a n s X e F_{2} C l_{2}$
The two are $c i s X e F_{2} C l_{2}$ and $t r a n s X e F_{2} C l_{2}$ .
There is some dipolemoment in $c i s X e F_{2} C l_{2}$ and in $t r a n s X e F_{2} C l_{2}$ , dipolemoment is zero.

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