Q.
In which of the compounds given below there is more than one kind of hybridization (sp,sp2,sp3) for carbon ?
(i) CH3CH2CH2CH3
(ii) CH3CH=CHCH3
(iii) CH2=CH−CH=CH2
(iv) H−C≡C−H
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Solution:
(i) CH3sp3−CH2sp3−CH2sp3−CH3sp3
Only sp3 hybridized carbon.
(ii) CH3sp3−CH2sp3=CHsp3−CH3sp3
Both sp2 and sp3 hybridized carbon.
(iii) CH2sp2=CHsp2−CHsp2=CH2sp2
Only sp2 hybridized carbon.
(iv) H−spC=spC−H
Only sp hybridized carbon.