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The number of species from the following carrying a single lone pair on central atom Xenon is XeF + ,XeO 3 ,XeO 2 F 2 , 
,XeO 3 F 2 ,XeOF 4 ,XeF 4
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4
(4)
The central Xe atom in XeO 3 has three bonding domains and one lone pair of electrons. Hence, the electron geometry is tetrahedral and molecular geometry is pyramidal. XeO 2 F 2 is trigonal bipyramidal and the shape is a see-saw.
XeOF 4 is in square pyramidal shape. So, 
, XeO 3 , XeO 2 F 2 and XeOF 4 have single lone pair on central atom.
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