Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure - Result Question 70
####71. In which of the following, the bond angle is maximum?
(a) $NH_3$
(c) $NH_4^{+}$
(b) $SCl_2$
(d) $PCl_3$
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Solution:
- (c) In all the species, the center atom is $s p^{3}$ hybridized. But only in $NH_4^{+}$, no lone pair of electrons are present. Thus, it has maximum bond angle.
