Question

What is the hybridization of the carbon atom labeled 3?

• A. $sp$
  
• B. $s{p}^2$
• C. $s{p}^3$
• D. None of the above
  

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

$s{p}^3$

^{$s{p}^3$ , it has 4 sigma bonds attached, hence this has sp3 hybridisation.}

Four $s{p}^3$ orbitals.

Hybridisation describes the bonding atoms from an atom's point of view. For a tetrahedrally coordinated carbon (e.g.,Methane $C{H}_4$), the carbon should have 4 orbitals with the correct symmetry to bond to the 4 hydrogen atoms