Chemistry

Problem

If the central atom is of third row or below this in the periodic table, then lone pair will occupy a stereochemically inactive

s

-orbital and bonding will be through almost pure

p

-orbitals and bond angles are nearly

90^\circ

, if the substituent's electronegativity value is

\le 2.5

. The hybridisation of atomic orbitals of central atom "Xe" in

XeO_4

XeO_2F_2

and

XeOF_4

respectively. a.

sp^3, sp^3d^2, sp^3d^2

sp^3d, sp^3d, sp^3d^2

sp^3, sp^3d^2, sp^3d

sp^3, sp^3d, sp^3d^2