Why carbon is #sp^3# hybridized in the compound?

1 Answer
Oct 28, 2017

Because God wanted it that way....

Explanation:

Just to retire this question, #sp^3-"hybridization"# is a formal description of carbon when it possesses tetrahedral geometry with 4 substituents...#"methane"#, #CH_4#, is the simplest example of such #sp^3-"hybridization"# in that the carbon is tetra-coordinate, with each #/_H-C-H=109.5^@#.