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Find the number of lone pairs in XeO2F2.

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Xenon basically belongs to the noble gas family. XeO2 F2 molecular geometry is originally said to be trigonal bipyramidal but due to the presence of lone pair on equatorial position, the actual shape will be see-saw.

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The repulsion between bond pair and lone pair of electrons will be more. Here, fluorine will be axial atoms and oxygen will be equatorial atoms.

In XeO2F2Xe is sp3d2 hybridized with 11 lone pairs.

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