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pashok25
2 months ago
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In the molecule ClF3, chlorine makes three covalent bonds. Therefore, three of its seven valence electrons need to be unpaired.

The orbitals with the same energy are known as degenerate orbitals. For example, the p subshell has three degenerate orbital, namely, px, py, and pz. How many degenerate orbitals are needed to contain seven electrons with three of them unpaired
Chemistry
1 answer:
alisha [2.9K]2 months ago
3 0

Answer:

Explanation:

Chlorine has an electron configuration of 2, 8, 7

Within the n = 3 shell, it has 7 electrons consisting of 2 in the s subshell and 5 in the p subshell. However, one of the p electrons shifts to the d orbital, altering the electronic configuration  to be as follows

3s^23p_x^23p_y^23p_z^1  = 7

3s^23p_x^23p_y^13p_z^13d_{xy}^1

These orbitals such as sp³d hybridize, creating 7 degenerate orbitals where two orbitals are filled with electron pairs and three remain singly occupied by electrons (unpaired electrons).

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