What is the Hybridization of the Carbon atoms in Acetylene sp HybridisationEach carbon is only joining to two other atoms rather than four (as in methane or ethane) or three (as in ethene). Here the carbon atoms hybridise their outer orbitals before forming bonds, this time they only hybridise two of the orbitals. They use the ‘s’ orbital (2s) and one of the 2p orbitals, … [Read more...] about What is the Hybridization of the Carbon atoms in Acetylene
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What is the Hybridization of the Carbon atoms in Ethylene
What is the Hybridization of the Carbon atoms in Ethylene sp2 HybridisationConsider ethene (ethylene, CH2 = CH2) molecule as the example.In the formation of CH2 = CH2 each carbon atom in its excited state undergoes sp2 hybridisation by intermixing one s-orbital (2s) and two p-orbitals (say 2px , 2py) and reshuffling to form three sp2 orbitals. Now each carbon atom is … [Read more...] about What is the Hybridization of the Carbon atoms in Ethylene