Hybrid orbitals
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Hybrid orbitals
How do we determine hybrid orbitals? Is it just by looking at the Lewis structure or is it by looking at the valence shells?
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Re: Hybrid orbitals
You look at the Lewis structure and count the number of atoms and lone pairs bonded to the central atoms to determine hybrid orbitals.
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Re: Hybrid orbitals
To determine hybrid orbitals, you count the number of electron densities around the central atom. That should align with the hybridization of the central atom, since the number of hybrid orbitals is always the same as the number of atomic orbitals used in their construction.
For instance, PCl5 uses 5 atomic orbitals (5 regions of e- density), and its e- arrangement is trigonal bipyramidal. Thus, its hybridization would be dsp3: 1 d-orbital, 1 s-orbital, and 3 p-orbitals blended together.
For instance, PCl5 uses 5 atomic orbitals (5 regions of e- density), and its e- arrangement is trigonal bipyramidal. Thus, its hybridization would be dsp3: 1 d-orbital, 1 s-orbital, and 3 p-orbitals blended together.
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