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Which of the following AB3 type molecules (T-shaped with trigonal bipyramidal electronic geometries) cannot exist, even in theory?
chlorine trifluoride (ClF3)
bromine trichloride (BrCl3)
fluorine triiodide (FI3)
iodine tribromide (IBr3)

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