3/17/24, 12:12 PM Which of the following two are isostructural?A. $Xe{{F}_{2}},I{{F}_{2}}^{-}$ B.$N{{H}_{3}},B{{F}_{3}}$ C.$C{{O}_{3}}^{2-}$ D.

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Which of the following two are isostructural?

A. XeF2 , I F2 −

B.N H3 , BF3

C.CO3 2−

D.P C l3 , I C l5

CBSE Chemistry Grade 11 Valence Bond Theory

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Hint: Isostructural compounds are those compounds which have similar structure. Find the shape of the compounds to check whether the
compounds are isostructural or not with the help of VSEPR theory. Isoelectronic compounds are also isostructural.

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(A). XeF2 , I F2 −

-XeF2

XeF2 this is a covalent compound with 3 atoms, one of Xe atoms and two fluorine atoms. Xe have eight electrons in their outermost orbital

and fluorine have 7 electrons

So, from here we can say that this compound will have two pairs of bond atoms and three pairs of lone pair electrons. And the hybridization of

this compound will be sp3 d with geometry of trigonal bipyramidal but due to the presence of lone pair it gets distorted from its original

geometry.

So, the structure of XeF2 will be,

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3/17/24, 12:12 PM Which of the following two are isostructural?A. $Xe{{F}_{2}},I{{F}_{2}}^{-}$ B.$N{{H}_{3}},B{{F}_{3}}$ C.$C{{O}_{3}}^{2-}$ D.$…

The bond angle between them is 180◦ and gives XeF2 a linear geometry.

In the case of I F2 − it is a covalent compound with 3 atoms, one of I atoms and two fluorine atoms. I have seven electrons in their outermost

orbital and fluorine also have 7 electrons.

So, from here we can say that this compound will have two pairs of bond atoms and three pairs of lone pair electrons. And the hybridization of

this compound will be sp3 d with geometry of trigonal bipyramidal but due to the presence of lone pair it gets distorted from its original

geometry.

So, the structure of I F2 − is,

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3/17/24, 12:12 PM Which of the following two are isostructural?A. $Xe{{F}_{2}},I{{F}_{2}}^{-}$ B.$N{{H}_{3}},B{{F}_{3}}$ C.$C{{O}_{3}}^{2-}$ D.$…

One extra lone pair comes due to the presence of negative charge on the compound.

The bond angle between them is also 180◦ and has a linear geometry.

So XeF2 , I F2 − are isostructural with each other.

In option B), N H3 has trigonal bipyramidal structure and BF3 has trigonal planar structure as shown below,

In option C), since there is only one compound that is carbonate ion, it has trigonal planar similar to that of BF3 molecule.

In option D), P C l3 has trigonal pyramidal shape which includes a lone pair of electrons and I C l5 has square pyramidal shape as shown

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3/17/24, 12:12 PM Which of the following two are isostructural?A. $Xe{{F}_{2}},I{{F}_{2}}^{-}$ B.$N{{H}_{3}},B{{F}_{3}}$ C.$C{{O}_{3}}^{2-}$ D.$…

Note:

The shapes of the molecules should be similar to be an isostructural compound. It is not necessary that hybridization of the compound should
also be similar to be an isostructural compound because one hybridization can have more than one shape, hybridization can be different.

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