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Give the structure of interhalogen compounds on the basis of hybridisation:
`ClF_(3)`

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`ClF_(3)` involves `sp^(3)d` hybridisation of the central atom Cl. It has trigonal bipyramidal or T-shaped geometry with two positions occupied by lone pairs. Hybridiation for `ClF_(3)` is as below: H = 1/2 [7 + 3] = 5 `rArrsp^(3)d`
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