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Title: Bond angles for hybrid orbitals?
Post by: A5HLEY on November 16, 2007, 12:27:02 PM

Can anyone tell me what characteristic bond angles are associated with the sp and sp3 hybrid orbitals?

Title: Re: Bond angles for hybrid orbitals?
Post by: DevaDevil on November 16, 2007, 01:36:03 PM

sp (alkyne) 180^o
sp² (alkene) 120^o (varies with molecular strain)
sp³ (alkane) 109.5^o