hybrid orbitals!?

Question

ok how would you designate the hybrid orbitals formed by the mixing of one d one s and 2 p orbitals ???? and how many of the hybrid orbitals would be formed by the mixing?

Answer 1

I'm not familiar with this hybridization, but you would designate the hybrid orbitals as "sp^2d" (with the 2 as a superscript). Since you are beginning with 4 orbitals, you'd form 4 hybrid orbitals.

Answer 2

dsp2

There would be four orbitals formed. They would be directed toward the corners of a square. The configuration is called square planar, and complexes of platinum have such orbitals. PtCl4=