Question

dsp3 Hybridization geometry​

Answer 1

Explanation:

What is the geometry of dsp3 hybridisation?

In short, trigonal bipyramidal OR square pyramidal. To be a little more specific, the d orbital which contributes to this hybrid determines the geometry. The dz2 orbital is concentrated in a single axial direction, so it will combine with the sp3 geometry to push out on that axis in both directions, and the remaining 3 lobes are evenly distributed on the plane perpendicular to that axis. The dx2-y2 orbital is concentrated in a plane, with lobes pointing directly in the x and y directions. When combined with the sp3 geometry, a single lobe from the tetrahedral sp3 hybrid is pointed up in the z direction, while the other 4 are localized in the same fashion as the dx2-y2 orbital, along the perpendicular x and y directions.

This is my medium short answer, and I couldn't really find any good pictures, but I hope it's sufficient. VSEPR and spatial reasoning is crucial to grasping inorganic chemistry, but if you're just taking an undergrad Gen Chem class the first thing I said I'd probably enough