Hybridization

[Chaleah Duran]

Why don't pi bonds hybridize?

[JacksonWissing2G]

I think it’s just because they have different orientations. Sigma bonds can hybridize since they connect head on, which is necessary for hybridization. Pi bonds overlap laterally though, and because of this different orientation they can’t hybridize.

[Somin Lee]

pi bond have electron density on each side of internuclear axis. Since they are not connected end to end, the hybridized orbital cannot form pi bond, instead they form sigma bond which have electron density with cylindrical symmetry.

[Preethika Praveen 2G]

Pi bonds do not hybridize because they are formed by the side-to-side overlap of p orbitals whereas sigma bonds connect head-to-head, allowing for hybridization