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Download Solution PDFIn water molecule oxygen is
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Option 3 : sp3-hybridized
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is sp3-hybridized.
Key Points
- Hybridization:
- Hybridization is the process of combining two atomic orbitals to form hybrid orbital in a molecule.
- sp Hybridisation:
- When one ‘s’ orbital and one ‘p’ orbitals of an atom mix to form two new equivalent orbitals.
- sp2 Hybridisation:
- When one ‘s’ orbital and two ‘p’ orbitals of an atom mix to form 3 equivalent orbitals.
- sp3 Hybridisation:
- When one ‘s’ orbital and three ‘p’ orbitals of an atom mix together to form four new equivalent orbital
EXPLANATION:
- Oxygen has six valence electrons: Two hydrogens will make 2 sigma bonds and the rest 4 electrons will go in lone pairs. Hence effectively, there are 4 bonds, which gives hybridization as sp3. Therefore option 3 is correct.
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