Question

In V.B.T., the idea of hybridization was required to explain which of the following facts:

• A. The equivalence of the bonds in most of the compounds
• B. The stereochemistry of the molecules
• C. The better overlapping of the orbitals
• D. None of these

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (C)

The better overlapping of the orbitals

Hybridization explains:
1. The equivalence of the bonds in most of the compounds.
2. The stereochemistry of the molecules
3. The better overlapping of the orbitals