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Structures of oxyacids and oxides
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pn204
The hybridisation of sulphur in
SO
X
3
(gas phase monomer) is
A
s
p
3
d
B
s
p
2
C
s
p
3
D
s
p
Answer: B
Sulphur in
SO
X
3
has three sigma bonds and no lone pair, so three hybrid orbitals:
s
p
2
, giving a trigonal planar molecule.
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