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 trigonal bipyramidal geometry results from the hybridisation :
dsp3 or sp3d
dsp2 or sp2d
d2sp3 or sp3d2
d3p2 or d2p3
A.
dsp3 or sp3d
dsp3 or sp3d hybridization results in trigonal bipyramidal geometry according to VSEPR theory.
sp3d hybridization results in :
a square planar molecule
an octahedron molecule
a trigonal bipyramidal molecule
a tetrahedron molecule