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The shapes of IF5 and IF7 are respectively:
(A) Tetragonal pyramidal and pentagonal bipyramidal
(B) Octahedral and pyramidal
(C) Trigonal bipyramidal and square antiprismatic
(D) Distorted square planar and distorted octahedral

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Hint: Atoms bond together to form molecules that have different sizes and shapes. Molecular shape determines several properties of substances like polarity, reactivity. Physical and chemical properties depend on the geometry of a molecule.

Complete step by step answer:
-Atoms are usually not capable of free existence except noble gases. However, a group of atoms is found to exist together as one species with characteristic properties. Such a group is called a molecule. The attractive force which holds various constituents (atoms, ions) together in a molecule is called a chemical bond.
- The shape of a molecule depends upon the number of valence shell electron pairs (bonded and non-bonding electron pairs) is referred to as a bond pair while the unshared/nonbonding pair of electrons on an atom is referred to as a lone pair.
- Electron pair around the central atom exert repulsive force on one another as possible so that the forces of repulsion are minimised the shape of the molecules are different
- IF5 is having tetragonal pyramidal shape and IF7is having pentagonal bipyramidal shape.The correct answer is option “A” .
- In IF5 the central atom iodine has 7 valence electron out of which 5 electrons form 5sigma bond with F atoms and 2 electrons form one lone pair. The hybridization of the central atom is sp3d2 Where the geometry of IF5 is octahedral and the shape is tetragonal pyramidal.
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- In IF7 the central atom I is surrounded by seven bond pairs of electrons. Therefore are the geometry of IF7 is pentagonal bipyramidal as these seven electron pairs try to remain as far apart as possible so the bond angle is 72o and 90o.
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Note: Bond angle- the angle between the lines representing the directions of the bond is called the bond angle. It can be measured by X-ray analysis or by some other spectroscopic methods such as infra-red spectroscopy.
- Number of domains around the central atom determines the geometrical arrangement.
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