Pi Bonds and Hybrid Orbitals


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Pi Bonds and Hybrid Orbitals

Postby Arezo Ahmadi 3J » Sat Dec 12, 2020 10:45 pm

If you draw out the Lewis structure for CO2 and find the hybrid orbitals, I get that the sigma bond for the bond between C and O is (C 2sp, O 2sp^2). But for the pi bond, would it be (C 2p^2, O 2p)? I want to make sure that this carbon part of the pi bond is correct because if carbon is sp hybridized, that means it has 2 p orbitals that are unhybridized, so would we account for them with "2p^2"? Thank you in advance!

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Re: Pi Bonds and Hybrid Orbitals

Postby Emma Healy 2J » Sat Dec 12, 2020 10:50 pm

This is a great question! I have been wondering the same thing.


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