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What is the hybridization of AsH3?

Updated: 9/16/2023
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this molecule has a similar shape to ammonia, however the bond angles are less- ammonia is 1070 whereas arsine is only 91 0. Usually it is said that the hybridisation in AsH3 is sp3 (however this would imply a bond angle of 109.5- which is close to the ammonia angle)- however the angle of 91 0 is so close to the angle between the p orbitals (900)that it suggest there is no hybridisation at all, and that the As- H bonds involve only p orbitals.

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