Hybrid Orbitals Explained

Hybrid orbitals can be formed by...

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  mating a horse with a donkey.

• blending or combining s and p orbitals.

• creating a car that is both gas and electric.

The energy of hybrid orbitals is:

• between the energy of the s and p orbitals that they are made from.

• below the energy of the s orbital that they are made from.

• above the energy of the p orbitals that they are made from.

The superscript 3 (on the p) means:

• three p orbitals were used in the hybridization.

• three orbitals total were used in the hybridization.

• the s orbitals were used in the hybridization.

So, sp³ hybridization, with the formation of 4 hybrid orbitals, leads to which geometry?

• Linear

• Tetrahedral

• Trigonal Planar

Which other molecule has a sp³ hybridization around its central atom? [HINT: as long as the electron geometry is tetrahedral, the atom has sp³ hybridization]

• NH₃

• H₂O

• CCl₄

• all of them

True or false ? Sigma bonds have orbital overlap along the axis between the nuclei of atoms ?

• True

• False

True of false ? Pi Bonds involve orbital overlap along the axis between nuclei ?

• True

• False

The angles found in a sp² hybridized carbon are ?

• 180^o & 90^o

• 120^o & 90^o

• 120^o & 180^o

• 180^o & 109.5^o

Which statement is true ?

• Both bonds in a C=C double bond are identical

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  Sigma and Pi bonds require the same amount of energy to break

• Sigma bonds are stronger than Pi bonds

• Pi bonds are stronger than Sigma bonds

Within Ethene, there are ....

• 6 sigma & 2 pi bonds

• 5 sigma & 2 pi bonds

• 6 sigma & 1 pi bond

• 5 sigma & 1 pi bond