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ChemistryCHEMICAL BONDINGVBT(overlapping & Hybridisation)Medium2 minQB
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Which of the following has been arranged in increasing order of size of the hybrid orbitals ?
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Answer:
A
Solution:
The size of hybrid orbitals increases with increasing p-character. sp orbitals have 50% s-character and 50% p-character. sp² orbitals have 33.3% s-character and 66.7% p-character. sp³ orbitals have 25% s-character and 75% p-character. Thus, sp < sp² < sp³ in size.
The correct order is sp < sp² < sp³.
Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:CHEMICAL BONDINGSubtopic:VBT(overlapping & Hybridisation)
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