JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureJEE Main

The species which uses sp² hybrid orbitals in its bonding is

Answer: (C)

Solution

The methyl cation is planar with an empty p-orbital, the carbon being sp² hybridised; PH₃, NH₃ and CH₄ all have sp³ central atoms.

Question ID VK-139840