NEET levelSingle correct optionDifficulty 1 of 3cb056
The hybridisation of carbon in COX2 is
Asp
Bsp2
Csp3
Dsp3d
Answer: A
Carbon forms two sigma bonds to oxygen and has no lone pair, so it has two electron domains. Two domains need two hybrid orbitals, which come from one s and one p orbital, giving sp hybridisation and a linear molecule.