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Subject:
Hybrid Orbitals
Category: Science > Chemistry Asked by: spot486-ga List Price: $3.00 |
Posted:
12 Jun 2003 18:12 PDT
Expires: 12 Jul 2003 18:12 PDT Question ID: 216713 |
What types of atomic orbitals of the central atom mix to form hybrid orbitals in PF5 and SO3^2-? |
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Re: Hybrid Orbitals
From: hfshaw-ga on 13 Jun 2003 07:46 PDT |
The atomic orbitals of the P atom form sp3d hybrid orbitals in PF5. PF5 actually has two possible structures: trigonal bipyramidal, in which there are three F atoms equally spaced in a plane around the "equator" of the P atom, and two additional F atoms "above" and "below" the P. To first order, equatorial bonds are formed from sp2 hybrid orbitals of the P atom, and the axial bonds are formed from pd hybrids, in which the d(z^2) atomic orbital is used. The equatorial and axial bonds are therefore not equivalent. In SO3^2-, the atomic orbitals of the S atom hybridize to form sp3 orbitals, three of which are bonded to oxygen atoms, and the fourth contains a lone pair of electrons. See: http://www.byui.edu/ricks/employee/MANNERL/Chemistry%20105/Molecular%20Structure%20and%20Covalent%20Bonding%20Theories_8.ppt http://www.unb.ca/courses/chem2222/Tuesday%20Jan%2029%20B&W.ppt http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/gerald.kokoszka/che430/vsepr_and_hybrid_orbitals.htm |
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