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Given information

Here the given information is:

The valence shell electronic configuration of the element is given as:

We have to determine the number of bonds that can form without hybridization.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

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

The given valence electronic configuration of the fluorine is . Thus, the two valence electrons of fluorine are present in orbital as spin paired and the five valence electrons are present in orbital, out of which four electrons are spin paired and one electron is unpaired. Therefore, only one half-filled orbital of shell is available to form a bond with another atom. Hence, fluorine forms one bond without hybridization.

 

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