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How many hybrid orbitals are used for bond formation in SF4?

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answer is 4.

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Hybridization is sp3d. In the given molecule, there are 4 bond pairs and one lone pair. Hence, four orbitals are used to form bonding with four fluorine, remaining one orbitals consists of a lone pair of electron.

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