Chemical Bonding - Result Question 56
####31. The type of hybrid orbitals used by the chlorine atom in $ClO _2^{-}$is
(1992, 1M)
(a) $s p^{3}$
(b) $s p^{2}$
(c) $s p$
(d) None of these
(1989, 1M)
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Solution:
- ${ }^{-} O-\ddot{Cl}=O$
electron pairs at $Cl=2(\sigma$-bonds $)+2$ (lone-pairs) $=4$
Hybridisation at $Cl=s p^{3}$