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In the formation of B–H–B bridge in diborane, the orbitals involved in overlapping are

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a

1s orbital of ‘H’ atom and one of the each vacant  hybrid orbital of Boron atoms

b

1s orbital of ‘H’ atom and vacant  orbital and orbital containing single electron of the same Boron atom

c

1s orbital of ‘H’ atom and one of the each sp3 hybrid orbital of Boron atoms containing one electron each 

d

1s orbital of ‘H’ atom and vacant  orbital of one Boron and  orbital of another boron containing one electron 

answer is C.

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In diborane, sp3 hybrid orbital from each boron overlaps with 1s orbital of H atom to form 3 center-2 electron (3c-2e) bond.

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