NEET 2008
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2008
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- General Organic Chemistry
NEET 2008 · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry
The correct order of increasing bond angles in the following...
The correct order of increasing bond angles in the following triatomic species is
Options
- A
- B
- C
- D
Correct answer
B.
Step-by-step solution
Key Idea : As the number of lone pair of electrons increases, bond angle decreases.
ion is isoelectronic with molecule. It is a linear ion and its central atom undergoes -hybridisation, hence bond angle is .
In ion, -atom undergoes hybridisation. The angle between hybrid orbital should be but one lone pair of electrons is lying on -atom, hence bond angle decreases to .
In molecule, -atom has one unpaired electron in -hybrid orbital. The bond angle should be but actually it is . It may be due to one unpaired electron in bond angles is :
\underset{\left(115^{{}^{\circ}}\right)}{\mathrm{NO}_{2}^{-}} < \underset{\left(132^{{}^{\circ}}\right)}{\mathrm{NO}_2 } < \underset{\left(180^{{}^{\circ}}\right)}{\mathrm{NO}_{+}^{+}}