MEDIUMMCQ SINGLEIChO (Chemistry Olympiad)Inorganic Chemistryp-Block (group 13 and 14)Boron and Its Compounds

The geometry of a complex species can be understood from the knowledge of type of hybridisation of orbitals of central atom. The hybridisation of orbitals of central atom in [B(OH)₄]– and the geometry of the complex are respectively

A.sp3, tetrahedral✓ Correct
B.sp3, square planar
C.sp3d2, octahedral
D.dsp2, square planar.
Explanation

3 4 B OH sp ,tetrahedral - é ù ® ë û

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