Question

Triatomic among the following is- (a) oxygen (b) Nitrogen (c) ozone (d) chlorine. class 9​

Answer 1

Answer:

Among the triatomic molecules/ions, BeCl

2

, N

3

−

, N

2

O, NO

2

+

, O

3

, SCl

2

, ICl

2

−

, I

3

−

and XeF

2

, the total number of linear molecule(s)/ion(s) where the hybridization of the central atom does not have contribution from the d-orbital(s) is 4.

These include BeCl

2

, N

3

−

, N

2

O, NO

2

+

.

In the remaining molecules/ions, O

3

is bent, SCl

2

is V shaped with sp

3

hybridization, ICl

2

−

, I

3

−

and XeF

2

, are linear with sp

3

d hybridization.