Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure - Result Question 85

####87. Which of the following molecule does not have a linear arrangement of atoms?

(a) H2S

(b) C2H2

(c) BeH2

(d) CO2

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Solution:

  1. (a) For linear arrangement of atoms the hybridisation should be sp (linear shape, 180 angle). Only H2S has sp3-hybridization and hence has angular shape while C2H2,BeH2 and CO2 all involve sp-hybridization and hence have linear arrangement of atoms.


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