Question
The outer orbitals of C in ethene molecule can be considered to be hybridized to give three equivalent sp² orbitals. The total number of sigma (s) and pi (p) bonds in ethene molecule is
Options :
1 sigma (s) and 2 pi (p) bonds
3 sigma (s) and 2 pi (p) bonds
4 sigma (s) and 1 pi (p) bonds
5 sigma (s) and 1 pi (p) bonds
Answer :
5 sigma (s) and 1 pi (p) bonds
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