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Grade 12Inorganic Chemistry

Why two d orbital for octahedral or d d2sp3 not d3sp

Profile image of Harish
9 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
d3sp doesn’t exists.
while d2sp3 has octahederal layout combination of 3d, 3s and 3p orbtals.
The 4 orbitasl are arranged at 90 degree and one  with 180 degree therfore has octahederal geometry.