JEE Main 2025 — Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure Question with Solution
JEE Main 2025 (2 Apr Shift 1)
Question
Among and , the hybridization of the molecule with non-zero dipole moment and highest number of lone-pairs of electrons on the central atom is
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D
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\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|}<br />\hline \text { Molecule } & \text { Hybridisation } & \begin{array}{c}<br />\text { Dipole } \\<br>\text { Moment }<br />\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}<br />\text { Lone pair on the } \\<br>\text { central atom }<br />\end{array} \\<br>\hline \mathrm{SO}_2 & \mathrm{sp}^2 & \text { Non-zero } & \mathrm{1} \\<br>\hline \mathrm{NF}_3 & \mathrm{sp}^3 & \text { Non-zero } & \mathrm{1} \\<br>\hline \mathrm{NH}_3 & \mathrm{sp}^3 & \text { Non-zero } & \mathrm{1} \\<br>\hline \mathrm{XeF}_2 & \mathrm{sp}^3 \mathrm{~d} & \text { zero } & \mathrm{3} \\<br>\hline{\mathrm{C} \ell \mathrm{~F}_3}^{\mathrm{SF}_4} & \mathrm{sp}^3 \mathrm{~d} & \text { Non-zero } & \mathrm{2} \\<br>\hline \mathrm{sp}^3 \mathrm{~d} & \text { Non-zero } & \mathrm{1} \\<br>\hline<br />\end{array}
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