Question
What are Features of Hybridization?
Answer
Features of Hybridization – There are features of hybridization:
(i) Hybridized orbitals possess lower energy,
(ii) Hybrid orbitals form only sigma bonds,
(iii) Orbitals involved in p bond formation do not participate in hybridization,
(iv) The hybrid orbitals are distributed in space as apart as possible resulting in a
definite geometry of molecule,
(v) Hybridization never takes place in an isolated atom but it occurs only at the time
of bond formation.
