Chemistry 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078021510
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-151-0

Chapter 10 - Chemical Bonding II - Questions & Problems - Page 458: 10.40

Answer

The hybridization is $sp_{3}d$

Work Step by Step

There are five bond pairs and zero lone pairs. Since there are five electron domains, it is $sp_{3}d$
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