How many p-orbitals participate in the hybridization of nitrogen in pyrrole?
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Solution
In pyrrole, the nitrogen atom has a lone pair and 3 sigma bonds. But the lone pair is delocalised inside the ring and responsible for aromatic character of pyrrole. The unavailibility of the lone pair and partial double bond character with N−C bonds cause the nitrogen to attain an sp2-hybridisation.