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Ch.8 - Covalent Compounds: Bonding Theories and Molecular Structure

Chapter 8, Problem 115a

Cyclooctatetraene dianion, C8H82-, is an organic ion with the structure shown. Considering only the p bonds and not the s bonds, cyclooctatetraene dianion can be described by the following energy diagrams of its p molecular orbitals:

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(a) What is the hybridization of the 8 carbon atoms?

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