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Which is/are in linear shape?

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a

NO2+

b

XeF2

c

I3

d

I3+

answer is A, B, C.

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Detailed Solution

Although NO2 is a bent molecule, when you remove an electron from it, creating it NO2+, the molecule becomes linear due to the loss of a lone electron. The two O atoms and the single electron on the center atom in NO2+ are not in repulsion with one another.

With five pairs of electrons around Xe in XeF2, the structure is trigonal bipyramidal. The three lone pairs are located at the equator, whereas the fluorine atoms are in linear places. A linear molecule is XeF2.

The molecular geometry of I3- is linear. Despite having three iodine atoms, one of them has a negative charge, which results in three lone pairs of electrons and two bond pairs.

Hence NO2+ ,XeF2and I3are in linear shape

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Which is/are in linear shape?