Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure - Result Question 53
####54. In which of the following molecules the central atom does not have $s p^{3}$ hybridization? [2010]
(a) $NH_4^{+}$
(b) $CH_4$
(c) $SF_4$
(d) $BF_4^{-}$
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Solution:
(c) (a) $NH_4^{+}: s p^{3}$ hybridisation
(b) $CH_4: s p^{3}$ hybridisation
(c) $SF_4: s p^{3} d$ hybridisation
(d) $BF_4^{-}: s p^{3}$ hybridisation