Aluminium chloride in acidified aqueous solution forms an ion having geometry

Aluminium chloride in acidified aqueous solution forms an ion having geometry
  1. Octahedral
  2. Square Planar
  3. Tetrahedral
  4. Trigonal bipyramidal

Solution

Aluminium Chloride in acidified aqueous solution forms octahedral Al(H2O)63+ ion.

AlCl3Acidified aqueous solutionAlH2O63+

In this complex the 3d orbital of Al are involved and the hybridisation state of Al is sp3d2.

Hence, the answer is option A.

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