Why more electronegative atom prefer to occupy orbital having less s character?
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Electronegativity is the power of an atom to attract bonding pairs of electrons to itself. ... Thus, the more s character a hybrid orbital has, the lower its energy is and the closer (at average) electrons occupying it are to the nucleus.
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♧ Answer =》》》Electronegativity is the power of an atom to attract bonding pairs of electrons to itself. ... 2s orbitals are lower in energy than 2p ones, so that electrons occupying the former are (at average) closer to the nucleus than that occupying the later.
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