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Q. In $S _{8}$ molecules, the type of hybridisation exhibited by sulphur is

ManipalManipal 2011

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In $S_{8}$ molecules, each sulphur is $s p^{3}$ hybridised with two lone pairs of electrons occupying two of the hybrid orbitals and reducing the $S - S - S$ bond angle to $105^{\circ}$.