Question

Which of the following statement is wrong about chloroform?

• A. Chloroform is used as an anesthetic.
• B. Chloroform has distorted tetrahedral shape.
• C. Chloroform is used as a solvent.
• D. Chloroform has $s{p}^2$ hybridized carbon atom.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Chloroform has $s{p}^2$ hybridized carbon atom.

Chloroform is used as anesthetic, also it is used as solvent.
As it can be seen that chloroform has $s{p}^3$ hybridized carbon atom and because of that chloroform has distorted tetrahedral shape (as all attached group are not having same electro negativity).