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 following salt shows maximum covalent character:
AlCl3
MgCl2
CsCl
LaCl3
A.
AlCl3
According to Fajan's rule, as the charge on cation increase its size decreases. As a result its tendency to polarize anion increases. This brings more and more covalent character to electrovalent compounds.
Among AlCl3, LaCl3, MgCl2 ans CsCl, size of Al3+ of (AlCl3) is smallest.
Al3+ polarises anion to highest extent and has maximum covalent character.
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