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If the central atom is of third row or below this in the periodic table, then lone pair will occupy Chemical Bonding Chemistry Question

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If the central atom is of third row or below this in the periodic table, then lone pair will occupy a stereochemically inactive s-orbital and bonding will be through almost pure p-orbitals and bond angles are nearly 90°, if the substituent's electronegativity value is $\le$ 2.5.

Answer: D
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