The increasing order of bond angles in OF2, OCl2, ClO2 and H2O is....... — AITS & Test Series Chemistry Question

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O F F 103o O H H 104.5o O Cl Cl 111o Cl O O 118o < < < AITS-PT-I-PCM(Sol.)-JEE(Main)/2023 FIITJEE Ltd., FIITJEE House, 29-A, Kalu Sarai, Sarvapriya Vihar, New Delhi -110016, Ph 46106000, 26569493, Fax 26513942 website: www.fiitjee.com 9 2 H O has larger bp – bp repulsion than 2 OF and 2 OCl has larger steric repulsion between two large Cl atoms while in 2 ClO the bond angle is   o o 118 close to 120 .