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If you removed all empty space from atoms in your body, you'd compress to the size of a speck of dust.
Did you know?
If you removed all empty space from atoms in your body, you'd compress to the size of a speck of dust.
Which of the following statements is not correct about diborane?
There are two 3-center-2-electron bonds.
The four terminal B-H bonds are two-center-two-electron bonds.
The four terminal hydrogen atoms and the two boron atoms lie in one plane.
Both boron atoms are sp hybridized.
To determine which statement about diborane is not correct, let's analyze each option:⢠Option 1: There are two 3-center-2-electron bonds.This statement is correct. Diborane has two 3-center-2-electron bonds, also known as banana bonds, involving two boron atoms and two bridging hydrogen atoms.⢠Option 2: The four terminal B-H bonds are two-center-two-electron bonds.This statement is correct. The four terminal hydrogen atoms form normal 2-center-2-electron bonds with boron atoms.⢠Option 3: The four terminal hydrogen atoms and the two boron atoms lie in one plane.This statement is correct. In diborane, the four terminal hydrogen atoms and the two boron atoms are indeed coplanar.⢠Option 4: Both boron atoms are hybridized.This statement is incorrect. In diborane, each boron atom is hybridized, not The hybridization allows for the formation of the 3-center-2-electron bonds.Therefore, the incorrect statement is Option 4.
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