Chemical Bonding - Result Question 61
####36. The species in which the central atom uses $s p^{2}$-hybrid orbitals in its bonding is
(1988, 1M)
(a) $PH _3$
(b) $NH _3$
(c) $CH _3^{+}$
(d) $SbH _3$
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Solution:
- In $CH _3^{+}$, there are only three electron pairs around carbon atom giving $s p^{2}$-hybridisation state.
