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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

How many of the given species having atleast having at least 25% s-character in the hybrid orbital of central atom?
CH3-,NH2-,I3-,XeF2,XeO3,XeO4,XeO2F2,XeOF4,
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9 Years agoGrade 12
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9 Years ago
s-character is the commitment of sigma sort bond in a hybridization: sp3 = 25% s-character, 75% p-character sp2 = 33% s-character, 66% p-character sp = half s-character, half p-character The more s-character a bond has, the more grounded and shorter the bond is. so a sp-sp bond is most grounded, and sp3-sp3 bond is weakest. 
-     NH2 , XEF2 , XE02FE all have 25% s character