Consider the following table: | Compounds ( are monovalent surrounding atoms) |…

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Problem

Consider the following table:
Compounds (XX are monovalent surrounding atoms)Central atoms (AA to DD) belong to groupCharacteristics of compoundsNumber of lone pair(s) at central atom
(i) AXn1AX_{n_1}16Planar and polarm1m_1
(ii) BXn2BX_{n_2}15Trigonal pyramidalm2m_2
(iii) CXn3CX_{n_3}14Zero dipole momentm3m_3
(iv) DXn4DX_{n_4}13All X−D−XX-D-X bond angles are 120∘120^\circm4m_4
Then calculate the value of ∣n1+n2+n3+n4m1+m2+m3+m4∣2\left|\frac{n_1+n_2+n_3+n_4}{m_1+m_2+m_3+m_4}\right|^2.

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