Question

What is the geometry of Sp3d3 hybridization?......​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

The sp3d3 hybridization has a pentagonal bipyramidal geometry i.e., five bonds in a plane, one bond above the plane and one below it.

So to achieve such geometry we need to choose orbitals in such a way such that five of them are in one plane and two in planes perpendicular to it

We have one s orbital – s    

three p orbitals – px py pz

and five d orbitals – dxy dyz dxz dx2-y2 dz2

The only possible combination in which 5 are in a plane and 2 above it is

s px py pz dxy dx2-y2 dz2

in which s px py dxy dx2-y2 are in xy plane and pz and dz2 perpendicular to it.

So the d orbitals being used are dxy dx2-y2 dz2

Answer 2

Answer:

if it contain 7 electron pairs then it would be pentagonal bipyramidal and if it contain 6electon pairs and one lone pair then it would have distorted octahedral .sp3d3 involves in only 7 electron pairs