COMEDK2017ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
The overlapping of orbitals in benzene is of the type
Options
- As p -sp
- Bp-p
- Cs p²-s p²
- Ds p³-s p³
Correct answer
C. s p²-s p²
Step-by-step solution
In benzene, the hybridisation of each carbon atom is s p² . The overlapping in benzene is of s p²-s p² type.