Lesson: Linking Hybridization to Geometry and Oxidation State Glencoe • Chemistry • Matter & Change • Basic Chemistry • Sixth Edition • Glencoe Science • Chemistry • Matter and Change

Chemistry

In this lesson, we will learn how to link the hybridization of an atom in a molecule to the oxidation state and geometry of bonds and electron pairs.

Worksheet

Q1:

Iodine heptafluoride can be produced by the reaction of fluorine with iodine pentafluoride at high temperature as shown in the equation.

What is the hybridization of the atom in ?

What term describes the bonding geometry in ?

What is the smallest angle between bonds in ?

What term describes the bonding geometry in ?

Q2:

Nitrogen dioxide contains an unpaired electron and has trigonal planar electron-pair geometry.

Which type of hybridized orbital does the unpaired electron occupy?

Which term best describes the magnetic behavior of this molecule?

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