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Chemical Bonding And Molecular Structure

Question
CBSEENCH11008245

Which one of the following species has the plane triangular shape?

  • N3

  • NO3-

  • NO2-

  • CO2

Solution

B.

NO3-

Species with sp2 hybridization are plane triangular in shape. Among the given species NO3- si sp2 hybridised with no lone pair of electrons on the central atom, N. whereas, N3, NO2- and CO2 are sp hybridised with a linear shape.