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mmm

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Explain what orbital hybridization means.

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Why can't the four bonds in CH4 result from the overlap of the one 2s and three 2p orbitals (from carbon) with four 1s orbitals (from hydrogen)?


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duy1981999

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Reply #1 on: Aug 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Hybridization of orbitals refers to the combination of atomic orbitals which produces a new (hybrid)
set of atomic orbitals.

Answer to Question 2

The four bonds in CH4 are equivalent (giving a perfect tetrahedron), which requires our equivalent
MO's. Combining a 2s and a 1s would give a different MO from one obtained by combining a 2p and a 1s, so
that a tetrahedral geometry would not be possible.


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