Chemical Bonding And Molecular Structure Question 516

Question: In compound $ X $ , all the bond angles are exactly $ 109^{o}28’,X $ is [CBSE PMT 1991]

Options:

A) Chloromethane

B) Iodoform

C) Carbon tetrachloride

D) Chloroform

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

Compound is carbontetrachloride because $ CCl_4 $ has $ sp^{3} $ -hybridization 4 orbitals giving regular tetrahedron geometry. In others the geometry is little distorted inspite of $ sp^{3} $ hybridization due to different atoms on the vertices of tetrahedron.



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