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4.25     Describe the change in hybridisation (if any) of the Al  atom in the following reaction.

                 AlCl_{3}+Cl^{-}\rightarrow AlCl_{4}^{-}

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Initially, the aluminium is in the ground state and the valence orbital can be shown as:

Then the electron gets excited so, the valence orbital can be shown as:

excited state

So, initially, aluminium (AlC_{3}) was sp^2 hybridisation and hence having a trigonal planar shape.

Then it reacts with chloride ion to form AlC_{4}^{-}. Where it has the empty 3p_{z} orbital which gets involved and the hybridisation changes from sp^2 \rightarrow sp^3.

Hence there is a shape change from trigonal planar to tetrahedral.

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