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In the formation of methane, carbon undergoes sp3 hybridisation. 1. What do you mean by sp3 hybridisation? 2. Give the % s-character and pcharacter of an sp3 hybrid orbital. 3. What is the bond angle in methane? 4. What is the geometry of methane molecule?

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1. sp3 hybridisation involves mixing up of one – s and three-p orbitals of the valence shell of an atom to form four sp3 hybrid orbitals of equivalent energies and shape. 

2. Each sp3 hybrid orbital has 25% scharacter and 75% p-character. 

3. The angle between the sp3 hybrid orbitals in methane is 109°28′. 

4. Tetrahedron.



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