Vsepr & Hybridisation

Valence Electrons: Sulfur ( $Z = 16$ ) has $6$ valence electrons.
Bonding: It forms $6$ $σ$ bonds with $6$ Fluorine atoms.
Steric Number: Total valence shell electron pairs around $S$ is $6$ (6 bond pairs + 0 lone pairs).
Hybridisation Selection: To accommodate $6$ pairs, Sulfur uses one $3 s$ , three $3 p$ , and two $3 d$ orbitals, resulting in $s p^{3} d^{2}$ hybridisation.
Geometry: The spatial arrangement of these six orbitals is octahedral, with bond angles of $9 0^{\circ}$ and $18 0^{\circ}$ .

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