How many lone pairs are on the central atom in $XeOF_2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-03T18:52:42

The central $Xe$ atom is having $2$ lone pairs in the molecule, $XeOF_2$ .

Here in this molecule, the Xenon $(Xe)$ atom is the central atom, which has total $8$ valent electrons.

So, $2$ of the valence electrons of $Xe$ atom will get bonded to the two $F$ atoms.

Again more two valence electrons of $Xe$ atom will get bonded to the $O$ atom.

So, now there are total $4$ unbonded valance electrons left with the $Xe$ atom.

So, the central xenon atom will have $2$ lone pairs in the molecule, $XeOF_2$ .

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