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In CH₃CH₂OH, the carbon attached to oxygen has four single bonds (to O, H, and two C atoms), indicating sp³ hybridization.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Chemistry > Chapter 8: Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques > Topic: Isomerism - Structural Isomerism - Chain Position Functional Metamerism
In CH₃CH₂CHO (propanal), the carbonyl carbon (C=O) has three sigma bonds and one pi bond, making it sp² hybridized.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Chemistry > Chapter 8: Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques > Topic: Isomerism - Structural Isomerism - Chain Position Functional Metamerism
In HC≡N (hydrogen cyanide), the carbon forms a triple bond with nitrogen and a single bond with hydrogen, indicating sp hybridization.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Chemistry > Chapter 8: Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques > Topic: Isomerism - Stereoisomerism - Geometrical and Optical Isomerism
In CH₃CH₂CH=CH₂, the third carbon (CH=) is part of the double bond, with three sigma bonds and one pi bond, indicating sp² hybridization.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Chemistry > Chapter 8: Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques > Topic: Classification and Nomenclature of Organic Compounds - IUPAC
In CH₃C≡N, the carbon triple-bonded to nitrogen is sp hybridized (50% s-character), making it the most electronegative.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Chemistry > Chapter 8: Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques > Topic: Classification and Nomenclature of Organic Compounds - IUPAC
In CH₂=CH₂ , each carbon has 3 bonding domains (1 double bond, 2 single bonds), requiring sp² hybridization.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Chemistry > Chapter 4: Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure > Topic: Hydrogen Bonding and Resonance and Dipole Moment
In C₂H₆ (ethane), each carbon is bonded to three hydrogens and one carbon, using four sp³ hybrid orbitals.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Chemistry > Chapter 4: Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure > Topic: Hydrogen Bonding and Resonance and Dipole Moment
