Thursday, May 31, 2018

inorganic chemistry - Is ClH7 possible?



Chlorine can be sp3d3 hybridized.


If so, it can form ClHX7 and then chlorine, being more electronegative, will have (-7) as its oxidation number. But we know that the oxidation number of Cl lies between (-1) and (+7).


Thoughts?




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