Which of the following structure of a molecule is expected to have three bond pairs and one lone pair of electrons?
Octahedral
Trigonal planar
Pyramidal
Tetrahedral
The paramagnetic molecule at ground state among the following is :
H2
O2
N2
CO
B.
O2
The paramagnetic species has unpaired electron in it.
(a) H2 = 1 + 1 = σ1s2
(b) N2 = 7 + 7 = 14 = σ1s2, σ1s*2, σ2s2, σ*2s2,
(c) CO = 6 + 8 = 14 = σ1s2, σ*1s2, σ2s2, σ2s*2,
(d) O2 = 8 + 8 = 16 = σ1s2, σ1s*2, σ2s2, σ*22s, σ2p
O2 molecule has unpaired electron, it is paramagnetic.
The trigonal bipyramidal geometry results from the hybridisation :
dsp3 or sp3d
dsp2 or sp2d
d2sp3 or sp3d2
d3p2 or d2p3
sp3d hybridization results in :
a square planar molecule
an octahedron molecule
a trigonal bipyramidal molecule
a tetrahedron molecule