I'm a bit confused that once we say that the s, p and d orbitals can accommodate 2, 6 and 10 electrons and so on... but then on the other side we state the Octet rule - that an atom is stable when it has 8e` in the outermost shell. So if 8e` are needed, why need the orbitals theory??
I've always been confused about this... so a little help please...![]()