The number of species from the following that are involved in hybridization is:
, , , , and

Question

The number of species from the following that are involved in  hybridization is:
, , , ,  and

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Strategy:
 Identify whether the species forms outer orbital bonds (using its higher-shell n orbitals, ) or inner orbital bonds (using (n-1) orbitals, ). This requires checking if sufficient  orbitals remain empty based on high-spin/low-spin traits.

Step 1: Evaluate transition metal complexes
- :  () with strong field  low spin. The entire  set is empty. It uses purely inner  orbitals: .
- :  (). Natively has two empty  orbitals no matter the field. Always inner: .
- :  () with weak field  high

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