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Other hybridizations have been proposed to explain structures of molecules such as PCl5 (trigonal bipyramidal, sp3d) and SF6 (octahedral, sp3d2).
a) How many hybrid orbitals of the central atom are necessary for each example? Show how this number can be obtained in two different ways from the information given.
b) For each of PCl5 and SF6, start with the ground-state electron configuration of the central atom and promote s and/or p electrons into some empty d orbitals. Draw the configuration of each central atom showing the correct number of hybrid orbitals.
c) how do scientists know the directions of the hybrid orbitals?
Please need help with these, I don't even know where to begin !
a) How many hybrid orbitals of the central atom are necessary for each example? Show how this number can be obtained in two different ways from the information given.
b) For each of PCl5 and SF6, start with the ground-state electron configuration of the central atom and promote s and/or p electrons into some empty d orbitals. Draw the configuration of each central atom showing the correct number of hybrid orbitals.
c) how do scientists know the directions of the hybrid orbitals?
Please need help with these, I don't even know where to begin !