Consider each of the following molecules and/or ions. Give the hybridization for the central atom in each case, and also give the molecular geometry. Ignore any distortions in the geometry due to non-equivalent terminal atoms. molecule central atom or ion hybridization for central atom molecular geometry (a) PO43- P (b) CH3 C (c) NOBr N (d) CO2 C (e) CO32- C

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Consider each of the following molecules and/or ions. Give the hybridization for the central atom in each case, and also
give the molecular geometry. Ignore any distortions in the geometry due to non-equivalent terminal atoms.
molecule
central atom
or ion
hybridization
for central atom
molecular
geometry
(a)
PO43-
P
(b)
CH3
C
(c)
NOBr
N
(d)
CO2
C
(e)
CO32-
C
Transcribed Image Text:Consider each of the following molecules and/or ions. Give the hybridization for the central atom in each case, and also give the molecular geometry. Ignore any distortions in the geometry due to non-equivalent terminal atoms. molecule central atom or ion hybridization for central atom molecular geometry (a) PO43- P (b) CH3 C (c) NOBr N (d) CO2 C (e) CO32- C
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