CHE 8A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sigma Bond, Atomic Orbital, Pi Bond

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19 Jan 2018
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When atoms are infinitely far apart, they are at zero energy. As they get closer to each other, the energy goes down a bond: at an ideal distance from each other. If they get too close/they overlap too much, the energy goes way up. Sigma bonds are stronger than pi bonds (by themselves: but double bonds (sigma and pi) are stronger than a single sigma bond. Atomic orbitals (s and p) don"t fit the 3d shape of carbon very well. It doesn"t actually have to be carbon, it could be any central atom. Hybrid orbitals are a blend of atomic orbitals together to create new shapes. How do we get hybrid orbitals: carbon tends to be tetrahedral, 109. 5o degree bond angles, we ignore core electrons when we hybridize, we blend all of the orbitals together to get an average energy. Sigma bonds: have end to end overlap, have the electrons between 2 nuclei first bond.

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