Compound having tetrahedral structure is ______. (1) C2H4 (2) C2H2 (3) CH4 (4) None of these

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(3) CH4 Explanation: Methane is a tetrahedral molecule with four equivalent C-H bonds. Its electronic structure is described by four bonding molecular orbital resulting from the overlap of the valence orbitals on C and H.

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