Chemistry - CHEMICAL BONDING Question with Solution | TestHub

The compounds with

hybridization on the central atom are (B) and (D) .

In both cases, the central atom has a steric number of 6 (the sum of bonded atoms and lone pairs), which corresponds to an octahedral electron geometry and

hybridization.:

Xenon has 8 valence electrons + 1 (from negative charge) = 9. With 3 bonds to fluorine, there are 3 lone pairs left, but due to its specific geometry in this ion, it results in a steric number of 6.:

Iodine has 7 valence electrons + 1 (from negative charge) = 8. It forms 4 bonds with chlorine, leaving 2 lone pairs, totaling 6 electron pairs.