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Question

In a methane (CH4) molecule each hydrogen atom is at a corner of a regular tetrahedron with the carbon atom at the centre. In coordinates where one of the C-H bonds is in the direction of i^+j^+k^, an adjacent C-H bond is in the i^j^k^ direction. Then angle between these two bonds.

Moderate
Solution

cosθ  =  i^+j^+k^.(i^j^k^)3 = 1-1-13=-13

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