hybridisation

The state of hybridisation of central atom in POCl3 is :

4+12(5-5)=4→sp3

....can anyone explain that formula in bold letters....

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Aditya Bhutra ·

i would recommend u not to use such formulae .

instead use the number of bond pairs and lone pairs w.r.t the centraL atom

in this case P has 4 σ bond pairs and 0 lone pairs

thus hybridisation = (4+0) = sp3

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Vivek @ Born this Way ·

Yes. I too do not use that/

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Sigma ·

was there any formula? it is best to rely on concepts.

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