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Question

For the tetrahedral molecule, silicon tetrachloride, SiCl4(s), write the condensed electron configuration of a lone silicon atom, predict the hybridization in the molecule, and write an electron configuration for the hybridized orbitals of the central silicon atom.

Answer 1

In silicon tetrachloride, the number of electrons in the outermost shell is 4, the silicon unpaired electron overlap with four Cl atoms and a tetrahedral structure is formed.Hybridization between them is sp3 and angle formed is 109.5°.