Consider the following Lewis structure. (Lone pairs are not drawn in.) Which statement about the molecule is false? A) Oxygen is sp³ hybridized. B) This molecule contains 28 valence electrons. C) C-2 is sp² hybridized with bond angles of 120. D) There are 10 sigma and 2 pi bonds. E) There are some H-C-H bond angles of about 109° in the molecule.

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Oxygen cannot be sp hybridized because it needs at least two unpaired electrons for double bonding, and sp hybridization would only provide one unpaired electron. Therefore, the statement that oxygen is sp hybridized is false.

Consider the Following Lewis Structure