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TS EAMCET · Chemistry · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Hybridisation of oxygen in diethyl ether is

  1. A \(s p\)
  2. B \(s p^2\)
  3. C \(s p^3\)
  4. D \(s p^3 d\)
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(C) \(s p^3\)

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In diethyl ether oxygen undergoes \(s p^3\) hybridisation forming four \(s p^3\) hybrid orbitals.