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Which of the following is an inorganic compound?

xenon and flouride
carbon oxygen and hydrogen
nitrogen carbon hydrogen and oxygen
carbon and hydrogen

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Organic compounds consist of a chain of carbon atoms with other atoms attached to the chain.

Xenon and fluoride has no carbon atom, whereas the other species contain a central carbon atom.

Therefore, Xenon fluoride XeF2 is the inorganic compound.
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