The structures of beryllium..|Chemical Bonding|JEE-Main-2019

JEE MAIN 2019

09-04-2019 S2

Question

The structures of beryllium chloride in the solid state and vapour phase, respectively, are

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Chain and dimeric

Dimeric and dimeric

Dimeric and chain

Chain and chain

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Solution

$\mathrm{BeCl}_2$ in vapour phase exist as dimer (below 1200 K temperature)
$\mathrm{BeCl}_2$ in solid state has chain structure.

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