In this molecule C - N - C bond angle is 108°. The hybridization and shape of the above molecule are

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<img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/chemistry/82795b50d1634a50be92eb0d7927cc49-.png" /> In this molecule C - N - C bond angle is 108°. The hybridization and shape of the above molecule are (A) sp3 pyramidal (B) sp3, tetrahedral (C) sp2, angular (D) sp2, pyramidal

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In this molecule, there are 3 bond pairs and a lone pair, so hybridization is sp3 because of the involvement of 4 pairs of electrons. However, presence of a lone pair, changes its geometry from tetrahedral to pyramidal.

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In this molecule $C - N - C$ bond angle is $10 8^{\circ}$ . The hybridization and shape of the above molecule are

$s p^{3}$ pyramidal

$s p^{3}$ , tetrahedral

$s p^{2}$ , angular

$s p^{2}$ , pyramidal

In this molecule, there are $3$ bond pairs and a lone pair, so hybridization is $s p^{3}$ because of the involvement of $4$ pairs of electrons.
However, presence of a lone pair, changes its geometry from tetrahedral to pyramidal.

Q. In this molecule C−N−C bond angle is 108∘. The hybridization and shape of the above molecule are

sp3 pyramidal

sp3, tetrahedral

sp2, angular

sp2, pyramidal