Visualizing ConceptsThe orbital diagram that follows

Chapter , Problem 6E

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Visualizing Concepts

The orbital diagram that follows presents the final step in the formation of hybrid orbitals by a silicon atom.

(a) Which of the following best describes what took place before the step pictured in the diagram:

(i) Two $3 p$ electrons became unpaired,

(ii) An electron was promoted from the $2 p$ orbital to the $3 s$ orbital, or

(iii) An electron was promoted from the $3 s$ orbital to the $3 p$ orbital?

(b) What type of hybrid orbital is produced in this hybridization? [Section 9.5]

Equation Transcription:

$3p$

$2p$

$3s$

$3p$

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