Biological Importance

[inlovewithchemistry]

What is the biological importance of hybridization? When and where is it most likely to occur?

[Kobe_Wright]

Hybridization allows for certain Transition metal Cations to form a complex with an electron rich molecule, this can form coordination compounds which have many important biological significances such as how Iron forms a Heme complex by bonding with a Porphyrin Ligand, then when you bind a heme complex with a protein you have now constructed hemoglobin. This structure has many instances of hybridization bonding involved that lead to its overall function.