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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureJEE Main

Which of the following has the highest bond angle?

Answer: (C)

Solution

Bond angles in hydrides of groups 15 and 16 decrease down the group as the central atom becomes larger and the lone pairs occupy orbitals with increasingly pure -character (less hybridized, less directional repulsion effect on bond angle).

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