AP EAMCET20227 Jul 2022Evening ShiftChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureActual
Aluminium chloride in acidified aqueous solution gives a complex ion ' X^ . The hybridisation of central atom in X is
Options
- As p^3
- Bs p^2 d
- Cd^2 s p^3
- Ds p^3 d^2
Correct answer
D. s p^3 d^2
Step-by-step solution
If aluminium chloride in acidified aqueous solution forms a complex [ Al ( H ₂ O )₆ ]³⁺ that is hexa aquaaluminium (III) ion, and Al is in s p^3 d^2 hybridisation. AlCl ₃+6 H ₂ O [ Al ( H ₂ O )₆ ]³⁺+3 Cl ⁻ Electronic configuration of Al ³⁺