JEE Main 2022 — Structure of Atom Question with Solution

Isoelectronic species refers to two atoms, ions or molecules that have the same electronic structure and the same number of valence electrons term means "equal electric" or "equal charge". Isoelectronic chemical species typically display similar chemical properties.

$\left.\begin{array}{l}{\mathrm{Sm}}^{2+}\to \mathrm{electron}=60\\ {\mathrm{Er}}^{3+}\to \mathrm{electron}=65\\ { \mathrm{Tb}}^{2+}\to \mathrm{electron}=63\\ {\mathrm{Tm}}^{4+}\to \mathrm{electron}=65\end{array}\right\}$ (not isoelectronic)

While ${\mathrm{Yb}}^{2+}$ and ${\mathrm{Lu}}^{3+}$ both will have 68 electrons. and ${\mathrm{Eu}}^{2+}$ and ${\mathrm{Tb}}^{4+}$ both will have 61 electrons.so, they are isoelectronic with each other.

Note: According to NTA only option D is given as answer but option A and D both will be the correct answer.