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

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Answer:

Correct Answer: 31. (a)

Solution:


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electron pairs at $Cl=2(\sigma-bonds )+2$ $(lone-pairs)$ $=4$

Hybridisation at $Cl=s p^{3}$



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