What are the types of hybrid orbitals?
What you can do in identifying hybrid atomic orbitals is this. I just share you a technique so that you cannot be confused at which hybrid orbital is which. 1. Find the central atom in the molecule. For a diatomic molecule, there is no central atom so this is considered unhybridized. This must be between at least three atoms. The central atom should be the hybridized orbital and those who are surrounding the central atom can be either non-hybridized or hybridized (if only the atom surrounds it is also a central atom) 2. Count the number of atoms surrounding the central atom. If lone pairs are present, count them as if it is an atom (only for this technique) 3. This will be the corresponding hybridization of a central atom; 2 atoms –> sp (taking a linear geometry) 3 atoms or 2 atoms 1 lone pair (2+1=3) –> sp2 (taking a trigonal planar geometry) 4 atoms –> sp3 (taking a tetrahedral geometry) 5 atoms –> sp3d (taking a trigonal bipyramidal geometry) 6 atoms –> sp3d2 (taking an octahed
