Six bonding pairs around a central atom result in an octahedral. Hence, option D is correct.
What is an octahedral structure?
Octahedral molecules contain six atoms bonded to the central atom and no lone electron pairs, making the steric number equal to six.
VSEPR theory was first coined by Gillespie and Nyhlom in 1957 as an improvement over the Sidgwick - Powell theory.
According to this theory, the shape of a molecule is determined by the number of electron pairs that surround the valence shell of the central atom in the molecule. The electron pairs are positioned as far apart in space as possible to minimize the repulsion of electron pairs.
However, the presence of lone pairs distorts the shape anticipated for the molecule on the basis of VSEPR.
For a molecule having six electron pairs, an octahedral geometry is expected(electron domain geometry).
Hence, option D is correct.
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