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COMEDK · Chemistry · 4. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Hybridised state of bromine in bromine pentafluoride is

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

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Hybridisation = number of \(\sigma\) bond \(+\) lone pair \(+\) coordinate bond \[ =5+1+0=6\left(s p^{3} d^{2}\right) \]