Question

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(OH₄)]⁻ and the geometry of the complex are respectively.
(a) sp³, tetrahedral
(b) sp³, square planar
(c) sp³d², octahedral
(d) dsp², square planar

Answer 1

a) tetrahedral ; sp ^3