Number of electron pairs = \frac{1}{2}[V+N-C+A]
2
1
[V+N−C+A]
V = number of valence electrons present in central atom
N = number of monovalent atoms bonded to central atom
C = charge of cation
A = charge of anion
SbCl_5SbCl
5
:
In the given molecule, antimony is the central atom and there are five chlorine as monovalent atoms.
The number of electron pairs are 5 that means the hybridization will be sp^3dsp
3
B and geometry of the molecule will be trigonal bipyramidal.
