4.31

[CaminaB_1D]

4.31 "State the relative orientations of the following hybrid orbitals: (a) sp3; (b) sp; (c) sp3d2; (d) sp2."

What does it mean by relative orientations? what answer is this question exactly looking for?

[Fayez Kanj]

I think by orientation, they mean electron arrangement/geometry. This would be the basic shapes (ie: linear, trigonal planar, tetrahedral, trigonal bipyramidal or octahedral)

So for example, sp3 would be tetrahedral, since there are 4 hybrid orbitals, and there is the conservation of orbitals

Hope this helps :)

[Vanadium Wang 4H]

Relative orientations would refer to how the molecule is arranged. For instance, the sp³ orbitals are oriented toward the corners of a tetrahedron (109.5^o apart)