CHEM 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Linus Pauling, Lone Pair, Trigonal Planar Molecular Geometry
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Developed by linus pauling, the concept of hybrid orbitals was a theory created to explain the structures of molecules in space. The theory consists of combining atomic orbitals (ex: s,p,d,f) into new hybrid orbitals (ex: sp, sp2, sp3). Vocabulary: atomic orbital: an expected region of electron density around an atom based on a solution to the schr dinger wave function. Be will most probably bebe found in the shaded areas: hybridization: the combining of solutions to the schrodinger wave function for atomic orbitals to produce hybrid orbitals. Note: the total number of orbitals available for forming bonds does not change a new set is simply formed. 2: hybrid orbital: an orbital created by the combination of atomic orbitals in the same atom. 2pz sp hybrid: linear sp hybrids: the two hybrid orbitals formed by the mixture of one s and one p orbital.
