The noble gases have closed -shell electronic configuration and are monoatomic gases under normal conditions. The low bp of the ligher noble bp of the lighternoble gases are due to weak dispersion force between the atoms and the absence of other interatomic interactions. The direct reaction of xenon with fluorine leads to a series of compounds with oxidation numbers+2,+4and +6 . XeF_(4) reacts violently with water to give XeO_(3). the compound of xenone exhibit rich stereochemistry and their geometries can be deduced considering the total number of electron pairs in the valence shell. The structures of XeO_(3) is

The noble gases have closed -shell electronic configuration and are mo

1.	The noble gases have closed -shell electronic configuration and are monoatomic gases under normal conditions. The low bp of the ligher noble bp of the lighternoble gases are due to weak dispersion force between the atoms and the absence of other interatomic interactions. The direct reaction of xenon with fluorine leads to a series of compounds with oxidation numbers+2,+4and +6 . XeF_(4) reacts violently with water to give XeO_(3). the compound of xenone exhibit rich stereochemistry and their geometries can be deduced considering the total number of electron pairs in the valence shell. The structures of XeO_(3) is
Answer» Linear planar PYRAMIDAL T-shaped Solution :In `XeO_(3)` there are total of 4 ELECTRO pairs around CENTRAL atom. Out of which 3 are bonding electron pair and one is nonbonding electron pair. The 4,3,1 combination provides `sp^(3)` HYBRIDIZATION and pyramidal shape.