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What is the electron-pair and molecular geometry around the central S\mathrm{S} atom in thionyl chloride, SOCl2\mathrm{SOCl}_2 ? What is the hybridization of sulfur in this compound?

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The structure of thionyl chloride is a sulfur double-bonded to oxygen, and single bonded to two chlorine. Since sulfur has 66 valence electrons and the sulfur in the thionyl chloride has only 44 bonds, it has a pair of unbonded electrons. The structure of thionyl chloride is shown below:

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