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Standard XIII
Chemistry
Properties of Carbon
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What type of hybridization does the central atom in
SF
4
have?
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Hybridisation:
"Hybridisation is mixing atomic orbitals to generate new hybrid orbitals."
It is a hypothetical concept.
Hybridisation in
SF
4
:
In
SF
4
, the central atom is Sulphur (
S
). It has
6
valence electrons.
There are
4
Fluorine (
F
) atoms having 7 valence electrons each. Thus, the total number of valence electrons is
34
.
Four valence electrons of Sulphur form four single bonds with Fluorine atoms.
One pair of electrons or a lone pair is present on the Sulphur atom. Thus, the total electron density regions of Sulphur atom are
5
.
The five atomic orbitals of Sulphur hybridise to form five
sp
3
d
hybrid orbitals.
Thus, the hybridisation of the central atom in
SF
4
is
sp
3
d
.
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