Friday, August 28, 2015


I think I understand hybridization for s and p orbitals but what would the hybridization of a molecule be if if had more than 4 electron domains such as for elements in periods 3,4,5, . . they can exceed the octet rule so how would this affect the molecule’s hybridization overall. so for example what it be for SF6? (We need 6 orbitals from sulfur to account for the 6 bonds of sulfur, so we need to add 2 d-orbitals to the mix of all s- and p-orbitals. The hybridization is sp3d2 - GS).

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