NEET Chemistry · Medium

Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids: Structure MCQ

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Question

The carbonyl carbon is generally:

  1. A
    sp2^2 hybridized
    Correct
  2. B
    sp3^3 hybridized
  3. C
    sp hybridized
  4. D
    unhybridized

Correct answer

sp2^2 hybridized

Explanation

Carbonyl carbon has trigonal planar geometry.