Answer to Question #99469 in General Chemistry for Brittany Wallace

Question

1. What is the molecular geometry around an atom that is sp3d hybridized and has one lone pair of electrons?

2. According to molecular orbital theory, what must be true for an interaction to be strong between two overlapping orbitals?

A. They should both be p-orbitals.
B. Their energies should be different.
C. They must each contain one electron.
D. Their overlap should be large, and their energies must be similar.
E. They should not interact with each other spatially.

Answer 1

1. Tetrahedral

2. D