MCQ
True structure is predicted by:
- AValence$-$bond approach
- BSidgwick approach
- ✓Hybrid orbital
- DNone of the above
✓
Answer
Correct option: C.
Hybrid orbital
Hybridisation helps to explain molecular shape, since the angles between bonds are $($approximately$)$ equal to the angles between hybrid orbitals.
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