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WBJEE · Chemistry · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

The species in which nitrogen atom is in a state of sp hybridisation is

  1. A \(\mathrm{NO}_3^{-}\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{NO}_2\)
  3. C \(\mathrm{NO}_2^{+}\)
  4. D \(\mathrm{NO}_2^{-}\)
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(C) \(\mathrm{NO}_2^{+}\)

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Hint : Steric Number in \(\mathrm{NO}_2^{+}=\frac{5+0-1}{2}=2\) \(\therefore\) sp hybridization