What atomic or hybrid orbitals make up the sigma bond between I and Cl in iodine pentachloride, ICl5?
1 Answer
Dec 6, 2016
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Explanation:
Consider the lewis structure of
Notice that the electronic geometry of the species is octahedral due to the 6 electron cloud which are present around the central atom.
Because the ratio of bonded species to lone pair is 5:1, the molecular geometry will be square pyramidal , and it's also good to note that you can expect bond angles of 90 and 180 degrees.
Also note that when forming hybrid orbitals, you use
where
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