Among the following compounds which planar in shape is

acetylene

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benzene

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isobutene

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methane

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Solution

The correct option is B benzene
(A) Acetylene
$H - C \equiv C - H$
Here both carbon atoms are Sp-hybridized and hence it is linear molecules.
(B) Benzene
Due to resonance, all the six carbon atoms are $S p^{2} -$ hybrid and hence plane.

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