Hybridization of p orbitals
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Hybridization of p orbitals
Why can you not have a hybrid orbital of two p orbitals? For example, the hybridization of carbon is 2sp^2, but they have empty p orbitals, so why does a full s orbital hybridize with a p orbital?
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Re: Hybridization of p orbitals
jillianh1B wrote:I thought that two p orbitals could hybridize with a pi bond.
Sorry I should have been more explicit. They can but why does it have to be a pi bond? why not in a sigma bond?
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