Essentially, as you go far down a group, the characteristic properties of that group tend to get a bit diluted. So, though xenon is a noble gas, it isn't as stubbornly unreactive as the earlier noble gases. read more
Essentially, as you go far down a group, the characteristic properties of that group tend to get a bit diluted. So, though xenon is a noble gas, it isn't as stubbornly unreactive as the earlier noble gases. read more
In XeF2 , xenon has 3 lone pairs out of which 1 lone pair gets bonded with two fluorine atoms. So xenon has 2 sigma bonds and 2 lone pairs. Since Hybridisation = total number of sigma bonds + total number of lone pairs in the central atom. read more
Xenon has stable noble gas electronic configuration as, Xe : [Kr] 4d 10 5s 2 5p 6. All the filled orbitals of Xe have paired electrons. The promotion of one, two or three electrons from the 5p-filled orbitals to the 5d-vacant orbitals will give rise to two, four and six half filled orbitals. read more
Xenon has 8 electrons in its valence shell. If it forms XeF 4 or XeF 6 then both electrons of lone pair are used. But in XeF 5 or XeF 3 one electron of lone pair is left which can destabilise the compound. read more