What is the orbital hybridization of a central atom that

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Problem 2P

What is the orbital hybridization of a central atom that has one lone pair and bonds to:

(a) two other atoms;

(b) three other atoms;

(c) four other atoms;

(d) five other atoms?

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QUESTION:

Problem 2P

What is the orbital hybridization of a central atom that has one lone pair and bonds to:

(a) two other atoms;

(b) three other atoms;

(c) four other atoms;

(d) five other atoms?

ANSWER:

Solution 2P

Here we have to write  the orbital hybridization of a central atom that has one lone pair and bonds to the following other atoms.

Step 1

(a) two other atoms

When a central atom has one lone pair and bonds to the two other atoms that means it is a AB2 type molecule.

Hence the orbital hybridization of  central atom is sp2.

 

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