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Mr. Despair:
why the hybridization of CO is sp?
shouldn't only sigma bonds be formed by hybridized orbitals?

IGSTUDENT:
i think ur rite about sigma bonds being formed by hybridized orbitals.
CO has three covalent bonds so it has 2 pi bonds and 1 sigma bond.
sp- means a hybridized orbital which looks halfway between and s and p orbital

sweetie:
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thanx soooo much 4 any help :*

Mr. Despair:

--- Quote from: IGSTUDENT on December 29, 2009, 04:22:35 pm ---i think ur rite about sigma bonds being formed by hybridized orbitals.
CO has three covalent bonds so it has 2 pi bonds and 1 sigma bond.
sp- means a hybridized orbital which looks halfway between and s and p orbital

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so does this mean that hybridized orbital can also be used to form pi bonds?

IGSTUDENT:

--- Quote from: Mr. Despair on December 30, 2009, 07:12:47 am ---so does this mean that hybridized orbital can also be used to form pi bonds?

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no i dont think hybridized orbitals form pi bonds. They only form sigma bonds. It is just that some p orbitals are not hybridized.

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