## sigma vs. pi bonds

$sp, sp^{2}, sp^{3}, dsp^{3}, d^{2}sp^{3}$

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### sigma vs. pi bonds

for single and double bonds, how many sigma and pi bonds are there respectively?

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Kristy 1F
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### Re: sigma vs. pi bonds

For single bonds, they have one sigma bond. For double bonds, they have one sigma bond and one pi bond. For tripe bonds, they have one sigma bond and two pi bonds. You can just remember that one bond is sigma bond and the rest are pi bonds.

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### Re: sigma vs. pi bonds

Bonds-
Single: 1 sigma, 0 pi
Double: 1 sigma, 1 pi
Triple: 1 sigma, 2 pi

A sigma bond must be present if a pi bond were to exist.

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### Re: sigma vs. pi bonds

A single bond contains 1 sigma bond. A double contains 1 sigma bond and 1 pi bond. A triple bond contains 1 sigma bond and 2 pi bonds.

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### Re: sigma vs. pi bonds

Interesting addition that we went over in my discussion section: sigma bonds are stronger than pi bonds. Even though pi bonds have two areas where the electron densities overlap, sigma bonds have a larger area of overlap, which makes the bond stronger.

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