JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureJEE Main

In which of the compounds given below is there more than one kind of hybridization (sp, sp², sp³) for carbon: (I) CH₃CH₂CH₃, (II) CH₃–CH=CH₂, (III) CH₂=CH–CH=CH₂, (IV) HC≡CH?

Answer: (D)

Solution

Propane (I, all sp³) and butadiene (III, all sp²) and acetylene (IV, all sp) each have only ONE hybridization type

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Question ID VK-139462