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Which of the following two species in the pair are isostructural?

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XeF2, IF2
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NH3,BF3
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CO23,SO23
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PCl5,ICl5
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Solution

The correct option is A XeF2, IF2
Isostructural species have same type of hybridization of central atom. Here XeF2 and IF2 both have same number of lone pair of electron and show sp3d hybridization. Thus they are isostructural.

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