JEE Main Chemistry question

Which has the highest bond energy?

(A)
(B)Correct
(C)
(D)

Answer: (B)

Solution

The single bond energies of , and are anomalously low because the small, electronegative atoms carry closely-spaced lone pairs that repel each other across the bond; carbon, bearing no lone pairs in a

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