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In what kind of orbitals do the lone-pair electrons on the oxygen of acetone reside
Chapter 1, Problem 1.62(choose chapter or problem)
In what kind of orbitals do the lone-pair electrons on the oxygen of acetone reside? Arethey in the same plane as the methyl !CH3 groups, or are they perpendicular to themethyl !CH3 groups?
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QUESTION:
In what kind of orbitals do the lone-pair electrons on the oxygen of acetone reside? Arethey in the same plane as the methyl !CH3 groups, or are they perpendicular to themethyl !CH3 groups?
ANSWER:Key points
Hybridization
Valence bond theory involves the combination of atomic orbitals on each atom in a process called hybridization, and the resulting atomic orbitals are called hybrid orbitals.
atomic orbital and three 
atomic orbitals produces four equivalent 
hybrid orbitals, each directed toward a corner of a regular tetrahedron at angles of 
.
atomic orbital and two 
atomic orbitals produces three equivalent 
hybrid orbitals, the axes of which lie in a plane at angles of 
.
atomic orbital and one 
atomic orbital produces two equivalent 
hybrid orbitals, the axes of which lie at an angle of 
.
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We have to answer the question in what kind of orbitals do the lone-pair electrons on the oxygen of acetone reside? Are they in the same plane as the methyl 
Acetone