MCQ
The valency of carbon is four. On what principle it can be explained in a better way
- AResonance
- ✓Hybridization
- CElectron transfer
- DNone of the above
✓
Answer
Correct option: B.
Hybridization
(b) Carbon has only two unpaired electrons by its configuration but hybridization is a concept by which we can explain its valency $4.$
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