Predicting Hybridization from VSEPR Domain Count
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A central atom's hybridization reads directly from its VSEPR domain count: two domains give sp, three give sp², four give sp³, upward.
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Counting sulfur dioxide's three domains, one lone pair and two bonding, predicts sp² hybridization without separately analyzing orbitals.
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The domain count from a completed Lewis structure, not the molecule's final named geometry, predicts hybridization.
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