Chapter 10, Problem 57

Write orbital diagrams (boxes with arrows in them) to represent the electron configuration of carbon before and after sp3 hybridization.

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Hi everyone here we have a question asking us which of the following shows the correct image for the sp two hybridization of boron. So boron has three bonds to s. two Plus two p. Forms S. P. two. So that is going to look like this. We'll have our two s and it will be full And then we'll have our two p. With one. So we know already that A. Is incorrect and we know that D. Is incorrect. So then that's going to go to S. P. Two, which will look like this. So B. Is incorrect. And that leaves us with C. Which is our correct answer. Thank you for watching. Bye.

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