MHT CET 2026 Chemistry question

Identify the type of hybridization of carbon that is attached to the OH group, in benzylic alcohol?

(A)sp
(B)sp
(C)spCorrect
(D)dsp2

Answer: (C)

Solution

Benzyl alcohol is . The carbon bearing the OH group is the benzylic CH carbon, which is bonded to the phenyl ring, two hydrogens and the oxygen through four sigma bonds and has no pi bond, so its hybridisation is sp

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