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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

Sir,What is the hybridization of orbital of chlorine in hypochlorite ion i.e. ClO-

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9 Years agoGrade 11
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9 Years ago
HELLO ANANT,
Oxidation number of Chlorine in ClO- = +1
to calculate the hybridization you need to know the structure of ClO- 
after drawing the structure
use this formula
number of lone pairs + number of sigma bonds on central atom = number of orbitals taking part in hybridization
So hybridization comes as to be sp 
that is due to linear structure of hypochlorite ion
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