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COMEDK · Chemistry · 4. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

The overlapping of orbitals in benzene is of the type

  1. A \(s p\)-sp
  2. B \(p-p\)
  3. C \(s p^{2}-s p^{2}\)
  4. D \(s p^{3}-s p^{3}\)
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(C) \(s p^{2}-s p^{2}\)

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In benzene, the hybridisation of each carbon atom is \(s p^{2}\). \(\therefore\) The overlapping in benzene is of \(s p^{2}-s p^{2}\) type.