Question

The molecular geometry of POCl3 is tetrahedral. What hybridization does this indicate for the central P atom?

Why is the answer spy?

Dec 11, 2013

Perhaps a typo. Tetrahedral is sp3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphoryl_chloride

Dec 12, 2013

sp3

Oct 21, 2016

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