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ChemistryCHEMICAL BONDINGBack bonding, Bridge bonding & odd electron moleculesMedium2 minQB
ChemistryMediumassertion reason

Assertion : The shape of

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is pyramidal.

Reason : Si has vacant 3d orbitals.

Options:

Answer:
D
Solution:

The given compound is triangular planar because the lone pair of electrons on N–atom is back–donated to the vacant 3d orbital of Si.

Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:CHEMICAL BONDINGSubtopic:Back bonding, Bridge bonding & odd electron molecules
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