Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure - Result Question 55
####56. In which one of the following species the central atom has the type of hybridization which is not the same as that present in the other three?
(a) $SF_4$
(b) $I_3^{-}$
(c) $SbCl_5^{2-}$
(d) $PCl_5$
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Solution:
- (c) $SbCl_5^{2-}: \frac{5+5+2}{2}=6$ means $s p^{3} d^{2}$ hybridisation
$I_3^{-}, SF_4$, and $PCl_5 ;$ all have $s p^{3} d$ hybridization.
