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Given below are the statements about diborane.
(a) Diborane is prepared by the oxidation of $N a B H_{4}$ with $I_{2}$ .
(b) Each boron atom is in $s p^{2}$ hybridized state.
(c) Diborane has one bridged 3 centre-2-electron bond.
(d) Diborane is a planar molecule.

The option with correct statement(s) is :

A

(c) only

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B

(a) and (b) only

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(c) and (d) only

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D

(a) only

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Solution

The correct option is D (a) only
$2 N a B H_{4} + I_{2} ⟶ B_{2} H_{6} + 2 N a l + H_{2}$

In $B_{2} H_{6}$ , $B$ atoms are $s p^{3}$ hybridised
$B_{2} H_{6}$ has two bridged $3 c - 2 e$ bonds
$B_{2} H_{6}$ is non planar

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