JEE Main Chemistry question

A linear (head-on) combination of two hybridized orbitals, belonging to two atoms and each having one electron, leads to:

(A)Sigma-bondCorrect
(B)Double-bond
(C)Coordinate covalent bond
(D)Pi-bond

Answer: (A)

Solution

A head-on (collinear) overlap of two singly-occupied orbitals forms a -bond, the first and most fundamental type of covalent bond. A -bond instead requires sideways

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Question ID VK-133813