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Given information

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The valence shell electronic configuration of is  

Step-by-step explanation

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To form a covalent bond, the half-filled orbital of an atom overlaps with the half-filled orbital of another atom. The number of half-filled orbitals is equal to the number of bonds formed.

The given valence electronic configuration of the beryllium is . Thus, the two valence electrons of beryllium are present in orbital as spin paired to form completely filled orbital. So, no half-filled orbital is present in beryllium and hence, no bond is formed in beryllium without hybridization.

 

 

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