Hybridization

Question 1

What is the hybridization of a molecule that has trigonal planar electron group geometry?

Answer 1

sp^2

Question 2

How many hybrid orbitals does a molecule with linear electron group geometry have?

Answer 2

2

Question 3

What is the steric number and hybridization of a tetrahedral molecule?

Answer 3

4; sp^3

Question 4

How many hybrid orbitals does a trigonal bipyramidal molecule have?

Answer 4

5

Question 5

What is the electron group geometry of a molecule that has hybridization sp^3d?

Answer 5

Trigonal bipyramidal

Question 6

What is the electron group geometry of a molecule that has hybridization sp^3d^2?

Answer 6

Octahedral

Question 7

True or false:

Elements below the second row of the periodic table can be associated with more than an octet of electrons.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

What is hybridization?

Answer 8

The combination of two or more valence orbitals of the same atom.

Question 9

What is the electron group geometry of an sp hybridized molecule?

Answer 9

Linear