Hybridizing Xenon: Exciting Electrons to d Orbitals?

[Qube]

Homework Statement

When we hybridize xenon, do we excite one electron each from its 5s and 5p orbitals to its d orbital?

I know the ground state xenon looks something like this:
http://i.minus.com/jbt6v4btYTThFJ.jpg

But when it's hybridized does Xenon look like this?

http://i.minus.com/jkkyRXOE2bht6.jpg

 

[nil1996]

Of the 5s and 5p electrons in the outermost orbit of Xe, two of the 5p orbital electrons get excited to the vacant 5 d orbital resulting in 4 unpaired hybridized electrons, 2 in 5p and 2 in 5d orbitals.

 

[DrDu]

d-electrons play no mayor role in bonding in Xenon compounds. Especially there are no spd hybrid orbitals involved in bonding.

 

[Qube]

But how does xenon form so many bonds such as in xeF4

 

[DrDu]

As I am not good in drawing in this forum, let's look at XeF2 instead:
You can write two mesomeric resonance structures:
F^- Xe-F <-> F-Xe F^-
In the case of XeF4, there are correspondingly 6 resonance structures with two F^- atoms and two covalently bonded F. The bonding involves mainly the p orbitals on Xe, I don't think that hybridizing Xe will lead to any improvement.

 

[nil1996]

this might help you
http://www.google.co.in/url?sa=i&rc...saAiuSstMUwbEujgJbFn5kIw&ust=1382450660149479