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What orbitals are used to form the bonds indicated in each molecule? Of the indicated C

Chapter 17, Problem 17.2

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What orbitals are used to form the bonds indicated in each molecule? Of the indicated \C- C\ bonds, which is the shortest?

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What orbitals are used to form the bonds indicated in each molecule? Of the indicated \C- C\ bonds, which is the shortest?

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Hybridization is the mixing of atomic orbitals to form hybrid orbitals.

  $$sp$$-hybridization: Combination of one ‘s’ - orbital and one ‘p’-orbital.

  $$sp^2$$ - hybridization: combination of one ‘s’ - orbital and one ‘p’ - orbital.

  $$sp^3$$ - hybridization: combination of one ‘s’ - orbital and two ‘p’ - orbitals.

 

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