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Question:

Which of the following pairs of compounds is isoelectronic and isostructural?

BeCl2,XeF2

TeI2,XeF2

IF3,XeF2

IBr2,XeF2

Solution:

The compounds IBr2 and XeF2 are isostructural. Both have the same number of valence electrons. Both have linear geometry as they have 3 lone pairs and 2 bond pairs of electrons. Electron pair geometry is trigonal bipyramidal and molecular geometry is linear.