Question #104703

the geometry and hybridization of the following that will convey a non-zero dipole on them

(I) a molecule with six steric number (number of electrons on the central atoms) of which two are bonded electrons and four is non bonded

(ii) a molecule with five steric number of which three are bonded electrons and two is non bonded by

Expert's answer

(a) molecule with six steric number (number of electrons on the central atoms) of which two are bonded electrons and four is non bonded 



Steric number - 6 (6 electron groups), electron geometry - octahedral, molecule geometry - linear. Such a molecule (when two atoms of grey color) are the same, dipole moments will cancel. For a molecule to have a non zero dipole moment these two atoms should be different.

Hybridization - sp3d2 or d2sp3


(d)a molecule with five steric number of which three are bonded electrons and two is non bonded by



Steric number - 5, electron geometry - trigonal bipyramidal, molecule geometry - T-shaped. The dipole moments will not cancel as lone pairs push the bonding pairs away thus making the molecule nonsymmetrical.

Hybridization is - sp3d of dsp3


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