Which hybird orbital are used by carbon atom in CH3OH
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One of the sp3 hybrid orbitals overlap with an sp3 hybridized orbital from carbon to form the C-O sigma bond. Both the sets of lone pair electrons on the oxygen are contained in the remaining sp3 hybridized orbital. Due to the sp3 hybridization the oxygen has a tetrahedral geometry.
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for carbon SP3 and for oxygen SP3
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