What happens when one S and one P orbital is hybridized ........

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What happens when one S and one P orbital is hybridized?

We get three orbitals in a plane

We get two orbitals at 180 degrees

We get two mutually perpendicular orbitals

We get four orbitals directed tetrahedrally

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Explanation:

Hybridization was introduced to explain molecular structure when the valence bond theory failed to correctly predict them. It is experimentally observed that bond angles in organic compounds are close to 109o, 120o, or 180o. According to Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory, electron pairs repel each other and the bonds and lone pairs around a central atom are generally separated by the largest possible angles.