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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Aluminium chloride in acidified aqueous solution gives a complex ion ' \(X^{\prime}\). The hybridisation of central atom in \(X\) is

  1. A \(s p^3\)
  2. B \(s p^2 d\)
  3. C \(d^2 s p^3\)
  4. D \(s p^3 d^2\)
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(D) \(s p^3 d^2\)

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If aluminium chloride in acidified aqueous solution forms a complex \(\left[\mathrm{Al}\left(\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}\right)_6\right]^{3+}\) that is hexa aquaaluminium (III) ion, and \(\mathrm{Al}\) is in \(s p^3 d^2\) hybridisation.…