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TS EAMCET · Chemistry · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

What are the shapes of ethyne and methane?

  1. A Square planar and linear
  2. B Tetrahedral and trigonal planar
  3. C Linear and tetrahedral
  4. D Trigonal planar and linear
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(C) Linear and tetrahedral

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Ethyne \(\left(\mathrm{C}_2 \mathrm{H}_2\right)\) Number of \(\sigma\)-bonds at \(\mathrm{C}\)-atom \(=2\) Number of lone pair of electrons at \(\mathrm{C}\)-atom \(=0\) \(\therefore\) Total \(=2+0=2\) \(\therefore\) Hybridisation is \(\mathrm{sp}\).…