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The reaction shown is important in the industrial preparation of dichlorodimethylsilane fo...

The reaction shown is important in the industrial preparation of dichlorodimethylsilane for eventual conversion to silicone polymers.

(a) Is carbon oxidized, reduced, or neither in this reaction?

(b) On the basis of the molecular model of (CH3)2SiCl2, deduce the hybridization state of silicon in this compound. What is the principal quantum number n of the silicon s and p orbitals that are hybridized?

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