pi and sigma bonds
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Re: pi and sigma bonds
Can you be more specific about what you don't understand?
https://chem.libretexts.org/Textbook_Ma ... try_(CK-12)/09%3A_Covalent_Bonding/9.20%3A_Sigma_and_Pi_Bonds
https://chem.libretexts.org/Textbook_Ma ... try_(CK-12)/09%3A_Covalent_Bonding/9.20%3A_Sigma_and_Pi_Bonds
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Re: pi and sigma bonds
I'm not quite sure of what you are asking for, but I'll write down my notes from what Professor Lavelle said in class. The bonds basically hold the atoms in a coordinate compound together.
Sigma bonds: 2 orbitals, each with 1 electron; interact end-to-end to form 1 sigma-bond; allow bound atoms to rotate; electron density has cylindrical symmetry around the internuclear axis
Pi bonds: 2 orbitals, each with 1 electron; overlap side-by-side to form 1 pi-bond; don't allow bound atoms to rotate; electron density on each side of the internuclear axis
Sigma bonds: 2 orbitals, each with 1 electron; interact end-to-end to form 1 sigma-bond; allow bound atoms to rotate; electron density has cylindrical symmetry around the internuclear axis
Pi bonds: 2 orbitals, each with 1 electron; overlap side-by-side to form 1 pi-bond; don't allow bound atoms to rotate; electron density on each side of the internuclear axis
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Re: pi and sigma bonds
In terms of hybridization pi bonds (more than a single bond) would imply that there are other orbitals besides the hybridized orbital.
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