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How Carbon has d orbital?
Electron Orbitals can form a hybrid in order to achieve a more stable element: sp, sp2, sp3, sp3d, sp3d2
How many atomic orbitals must be mixed to make the sp2 hybrid orbital?
five atomic orbitals must be mixed into one ; one s orbital; three p orbital; one d orbital, forming sp3d orbital
What is the difference of a sigma bond and a pi bond?
A sigma bond is the end-to-end overlap of the bonding orbitals, usually hybrid orbitals. The sigma bond is a single bond. A pi bond is the side-to-side overlap of unhybridized p-orbitals. A pi bond, along with a sigma bond form a double bond. sigma bond is used in hybridization but pi bond when dealing with saturated molecules is not used,that is double bonds.The oygen molecule is sp hybridized have you ever reasoned or found out why.
What types of bonds are there in atoms?
The types of bonds are corporate bonds, junk bonds ,treasury bonds and municipal bonds. There are saving bonds also.
Why would an atom to form bonds with other atoms?
Bonds are formed between two atoms because that results in a more stable state for the atoms. This is a result of electron configuration where most atoms want to have 8 electrons in their outer-most orbital (there are exceptions to this rule, however).
Ethyne C2H2 contains one carbon - carbon triple bond What is the best description of this bond?
Overlap of one sp2 hybrid orbital on each atom to form a sigma bond and a p orbital on each atom to form a pi bond.
Does Sp3 orbitals have a pi bond?
no, hybrid orbitals cant form pi bonds. they can form only sigma bonds
What observation about methane can be explained using the orbital hybridization theory?
Simply it is SP3 Hypridization three P orbitals + one S orbital formed the 4 sp3 orbitals and it is logic experimentally u can see that Methane Molecule is tetrahedral so it has 4 corners which means 4 bonds
How d electrons form chemical bonds between atoms?
D orbitals like any other orbital can form bonds through overlap. They can form sigma bonds (only between dz2) and pi bonds (seen in transition metal complexes) and delta bonds (overlap of two d orbitals again seen in complexes))
A sulfur atom has 6 electrons in its outer shell how many covalent bonds is it likely to form with other atoms?
i dont no your level of chemistry, but if you know about orbital you will understand. sulfur is able to disobey the octect rule to form up to 6 bonds tis is due to the presence of d orbital. eg. SF6
How Carbon has d orbital?
Electron Orbitals can form a hybrid in order to achieve a more stable element: sp, sp2, sp3, sp3d, sp3d2
What atomic or hybrid orbital on O makes up the sigma bond between O and H in water H2O?
Oxygen atoms in water form sp3 hybridized orbitals. This configuration of bond angles and bond lengths between the electron pairs and hydrogen atoms on oxygen allow for the least strain.
Ethane C2H6 contains a carbon carbon single bond What is the best?
Overlap of one sp3 hybrid orbital on each atom to form a sigma bond.
How many atomic orbitals must be mixed to make the sp2 hybrid orbital?
five atomic orbitals must be mixed into one ; one s orbital; three p orbital; one d orbital, forming sp3d orbital
How does C2H2 have a double bond in its carbon skeleton?
Lewis dot method: If you build the molecule with single bonds you are left with each carbon atom having an unshared electron and only 7 electrons in the valence shell- form a doube bond and eah carbon achieves its octet More sophisticated:- hybridise each carbon sp2, overlap the the two sp2 hybrid orbitals on each carbon with an s orbital on the hydrogens to form C-H sigma bonds. Overlap the third sp2 hybrids to form a carbon-carbon single sigma bond. Overlap the left over p orbital on each carbon to form a pi bond.
What is meant by the term orbital overlap?
Orbital overlapis a concept used in theories of the chemical bond. It refers to the concentration of orbitals on adjacent atoms in the same region(s) of space, which can lead to bond formation. The importance of orbital overlap was emphasized by Linus Paulingto explain the molecular bond anglesobserved through experimentation and is the basis for the concept of orbital hybridisation.sorbitals are spherical and have no directionality whileporbitals are oriented 90° to one another. A theory was needed therefore to explain why molecules such as methane(CH4) had observed bond angles of 109.5°. [ 1 ]Pauling proposed that s and p orbitals on the carbon atom can combine to form hybrids (sp3in the case of methane) which are directed toward the hydrogen atoms. The carbon hybrid orbitals have greater overlap with the hydrogen orbitals, and can therefore form stronger C-H bonds. [source:wikipedia]
What bond forms when two atomic or hybrid orbitals overlap to form a single bond?
This is the basis of Organic Chemistry. An sp3 hybrid orbital can overlap with another and the result is a COVALENT bond
