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    DAT Most Students Get Hybridization Wrong (sp, sp2, sp3) | DAT Organic Chemistry | Dr. Jim Romano | DAT Destroyer | OAT Destroyer

    Most DAT students think hybridization is easy — until they miss it on test day. The mistake? They memorize sp, sp2, sp3… but don’t understand how to count electron domains correctly. Hybridization is based on electron domains, not just bonds. That means lone pairs count, and double bonds...
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    DAT DAT General Chemistry Question of the Day: Molecular Geometry Application — Dr. Jim Romano | DAT Destroyer | OAT Destroyer

    DAT questions often test application, not memorization. Today’s General Chemistry Question of the Day focuses on a molecular geometry application involving a coordination compound. Rather than asking for definitions, this question requires reasoning by analogy to determine how molecular...
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    Hybridized/Unhybridized orbitals

    I stumbled upon this problem: "The s and p orbitals of Pb are poorly energetically matched, and do not noticeably hybridize. In Pb(II) compounds, the two remaining electrons on Pb reside in an unhybridized s orbital, and bonding utilizes only the p-orbitals. In gaseous PbCl2, what is the...