Chemistry · CHEMICAL BONDING AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): The geometry of \( \text{BrF}_5 \) is square pyramidal. Reason (R): The central bromine atom in \( \text{BrF}_5 \) undergoes \( sp^3d^2 \) hybridisation with 5 bond pairs and 1 lone pair. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true but (R) is false.
4. (A) is false but (R) is true.