Hippocrates1985 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I need your help to answer the 2 question in the attachment. I really have hard time in organic. Doc1.doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big314mp Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 The first one is just asking for resonance structures. A resonance structure being a different "version" of the molecule, where everything is connected the same, just the electrons are different. I attached an example. Hybridization is determined by how many regions of electron density are around an atom. In CO2 (carbon double bonded to an oxygen on each side), there are 2 regions of electron density (each double bond counts as one). This indicates that 2 orbitals need to hybridize at this atom. Thus the hybridization is sp (one s, and one p orbital). In CH4, there are four regions of electron density, so the hybridization is sp3 (1 s, 3 p's). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanntrude Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 moved to homework help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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