Question

The orbitals that are resulted from sp hybridization have _______% s-character and ________% p-character.

(a) 25, 75

(b) 75, 25

(c) 20, 80

(d) 50, 50

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Asked question is from Molecular Structure topic in chapter Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure of Chemistry – Class 11

Answer 1

Right option is (d) 50, 50

To elaborate: When one s-orbital and p-orbital undergo hybridization, 2 sp orbitals are formed. One sp-orbital has 50% s-character and 50% p-character. They possess linear geometry and it’s also called diagonal hybridization.