Chemistry - CHEMICAL BONDING Question with Solution | TestHub

SO₃: Trigonal planar geometry (sp²); all three oxygen atoms and the sulfur atom lie in the same plane.

XeO₃: Pyramidal geometry (sp³); while the Xe is out of the plane, the three oxygen atoms themselves always define a single plane.

XeO₄: Tetrahedral geometry (sp³); any three of the four oxygen atoms will form a plane (as three points always define a plane).

XeO₃F₂: Trigonal bipyramidal geometry (sp³d); with three oxygens in the equatorial positions, they reside in the same plane perpendicular to the F-Xe-F axis.