Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure - Result Question 114
####117. Among the following the pair in which the two species are not isostructural is
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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Solution:
- (a)
has symmetrical tetrahedral shape which is due to hybridisation of silicon atom in its excited state while has distorted tetrahedral or sea-saw geometry which arises due to hybridisation of sulphur atom and one lone pair of in one of the equatorial hybrid orbital.