Answer the following for HSO3-
a. What is the electron geometry around the S atom?
b. What is the molecular geoemtry around the S atom?
c. What is the e- geometry around the O atom that is connected to both S and H?
d. What is the mol. geometry around the O atom that is connected to both S and H?
Outershel electronic configuration of S atom is [Ne] 3S2 3px13py13pz13d1
Two p-orbitals(3px13py1) and one d orbital (3d1) will form sigma bonds with three O-atoms and one O-atom among three will form bond with P-orbital of S-atom (3pz1)
electro geometry of S atom has four bond pairs and one lone pair. four bond pairs are located in three places according to VSEPR theory the moleculer geometry around S-atom is pyramidal
electron geometry around the O atom that is connected to both S and H is it forms two sigma bonds with both S and H
Around O-atom it has two bond pairs and two lone pairs acording to VSEPR theory moleculer geometry is V-shape
Electron configuration of O-atom that is connected to both S and H : 1s2 2s2 2px22py12pz1
2py12pz1 orbitals will form sigma bonds with S and H atoms
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