lone pairs in hybridization

[Amy Kumar 1I]

how are lone pair shown in hybridization?

[EvaLi_3J]

One lone pair would normally take up one hybridized orbital, just like the bonding pairs.

[Brianna Becerra 1B]

For example, if you were drawing the Lewis structure of NH3, there would be a lone pair on the N. This would then be sp3 and shown with 4 _ _ _ _. The first space would have an arrow going up and down representing the lone pair and the last 3 would only have an upwards arrow showing binding sites.

[KaleenaJezycki_1I]

a lone pair acts as other section of electron density in hybridization, so yes they matter. A molecule with 3 bonds and 1 lone pair has 4 regions of electron density and therefore has sp3 hybridization.

[Annie Ye]

You would count the lone pairs as electron density. Bonds and lone pairs count in hybridization.

[Kavya Immadisetty 2B]

You use the number of electron densities (lone pairs and bonding pairs) to determine the number of orbitals required.

[Lauren Lewis3L]

The lone pairs in hybridization is to be considered as an electron density. You would count it as you would like any atom bonded to the metal.