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Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques: Hybridization MCQ

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HybridizationMediumQuestion 32004

Question

Carbon in alkanes is generally:

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

Correct answer

sp3^3 hybridized

Explanation

Single-bonded tetrahedral carbon is sp3^3.