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Which among the following species has unequal bond lengths?
(JEE (MAIN)-2021)

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SF4 has trigonal bipyramidal geometry and see-saw shape as shown in below structure:Here, axial bonds are longer than equatorial bonds. Thus, SF4 has unequal bond length.
BF4,SiF4 have tetrahedral geometry where all bonds are equal in respective compounds.
XeF4 has square planar shape where all four XeF bonds are equal.
Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.

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