Question

What is the geometry around the bottom carbon atom in acetonitrile? what is the geometry around the bottom carbon atom in acetonitrile? tetrahedral trigonal planar linear?

Answer 1

The left carbon has no double or triple bond so the type of hybridization is sp³ and the shape is tetrahedral

The right carbon has triple bond so the type of hybridization is sp and the shape is Linear

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