The sulfur atom in SO42- exhibits sp3 hybridization.
hybridized and has no lone pairs, the sulfate ion adopts a perfect shape. The bond angles are approximately 109.5∘109.5 raised to the composed with power hybridization of so42
| Property | Value | |----------|-------| | Central atom | Sulfur (S) | | Number of bonded atoms | 4 (O) | | Lone pairs on S | 0 | | Steric number | 4 | | Hybridization of S | | | Electron geometry | Tetrahedral | | Molecular geometry | Tetrahedral | | Bond angle | ~109.5° | | π bonding | Involves S 3d orbitals | The sulfur atom in SO42- exhibits sp3 hybridization