Answer to Question #38439 in Physical Chemistry for ammy

Question

which hybridised orbital involve in so2 out of px,py,pz and what its shape ........pls explain its hybridisation in detail

Answer 1

Hybridization is the empirical method for geometry prediction. Therefore there is no sense in discussion which orbital is involved in hybridization process. In general, the closest to the occurred bond orbitals are hybridized. So we can say that d(xy) and d(xz) orbitals& hybridize with p(x), p(y) and p(z) orbitals.