Question

What is the hybridization of SCl2

Answer 1

Answer:

The hybridisation can explicitly found out once we write up the general electronic configuration.

However, by the shortcut method as we generally do,

Hybridisation number =1/2(Valence electrons of central atom + number of monovalent atoms attached directly to the central atom)= 1/2(6+2) = 4

and, 4 corresponds to sp3 hybridisation.

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