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Grade upto college level Physical Chemistry

The species in which the central atom uses sp2 hybrid orbitals in its bonding is
a. PH­3
b. NH3
c. CH+3
d. SbH3

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12 Years agoGrade upto college level
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Profile image of Deepak Patra
12 Years ago

(c) From amongst given species PH3, NH3 and SbH3 are all sp3 hybridised. Their central atom has both bond pair as well as lone pair of electrons. The lone pair occupy the fourth orbital. CH3+ has only three pairs of electrons so it is sp2 hybridised.