Q.

In which of the following cases, the direction of back bonding is from central atom to surrounding atom?

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a

PCl3

b

PF3

c

:CCl2

d

OCl2

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Back bonding in OCl2 occurs from the centre atom to the surrounding atom. The fact that chlorine already contains a lone pair of electrons prevents the p pi-d pi backbonding from being possible in the OCl2 molecule (3 in fact).

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