JEE Main Chemistry question

The shape of is planar. It is formed by the overlapping of oxygen orbitals with orbitals of nitrogen.

(A)-hybridized
(B)-hybridizedCorrect
(C)Three -orbitals
(D)None of these

Answer: (B)

Solution

In , nitrogen has 3 bond regions (to the 3 oxygen atoms) with no lone pair (the negative charge and double-bond character are delocalised across all three N–O bonds by resonance), giving 3

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Question ID VK-133470