Question

Difference between shape and structure of XeF4???

Answer 1

Between molecular shape and electronic structure?

Explanation:

We gots `XeF_4` (and note that we got a compound of a Noble gas, the which typically reacts with ONLY the most reactive elements such as difluorine and dioxygen)...and around xenon, there are EIGHT electrons, FOUR of which form the `4xxXe-F` bonds.

The remaining four electrons are conceived to reside in two xenon-centred lone-pairs....and simple VESPER that ALL the electron pairs assume an octahedral geometry around the xenon centre.... However we describe molecular geometry on the basis of bonding pairs...and thus while electronic geometry is OCTAHEDRAL, molecular geometry is SQUARE PLANAR...with all `/_F-Xe-F=90^@`..