JEE MainChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureMCQ+4 / −1
sp3d2 hybridization is not displayed by :
- A
- B
- C
- D
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Correct answer: D
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Recall the meaning of hybridization
hybridization corresponds to six electron pairs / six hybrid orbitals around the central atom, which is typically associated with an octahedral electron-pair geometry.
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Check each option
A:
- Central atom:
- Valence electrons on
- It forms bonds and has lone pair.
- So, steric number .
- Hence, it uses hybridization.
Therefore, A displays hybridization.
B:
- Central atom:
- It forms bonds and has no lone pair.
- Steric number .
- Geometry is octahedral.
- Hence, hybridization.
Therefore, B displays hybridization.
C:
- This is a coordination complex.
- Oxidation state of :
- So, has configuration:
- With six ligands, the complex is octahedral.
- In traditional hybridization language, octahedral complexes are described as or depending on inner/outer orbital usage.
- Since the question asks whether is displayed, this octahedral six-coordinate species is taken as displaying octahedral hybridization.
Therefore, C also displays six-coordinate octahedral hybridization.
D:
- Central atom:
- It forms bonds and has no lone pair.
- Steric number .
- Geometry is trigonal bipyramidal.
- Hybridization is , not .
Therefore, D does not display hybridization.
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Final conclusion
The species which does not show hybridization is:
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