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03/10/2020 12:51 pm
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Assertion: SeCl4 does not have a tetrahedral structure.
Reason: Se in SeCl4 has two lone pairs.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If the Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
(e) If the Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.
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03/10/2020 12:53 pm
(c) If the Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
Explanation:
SeCl4 has distorted trigonal pyramidal geometry; here Se has only one lone pair of electrons hence it has sp3d hybridisation.