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Title: Hybrid orbitals.
Post by: ssssss on July 28, 2005, 09:55:01 AM
I just want to consult on something.

Consider a bond formed by the overlapping of following orbitals.

1.s-s
2.sp-sp
3.sp2-sp2
4.sp3-sp3
5.p-p

Now if we eliminate rest of the factors.Then which overlap will make the strongest bond.Is it sp3-sp3 due to better overlapping of most directional hybrid orbitals?am i correct?

And which is the weakest overlap.Is it in s-s overlap.

Can anyone provide me the link showing the Overlapping of hybrid orbitals.
Title: Re:Hybrid orbitals.
Post by: Mitch on July 28, 2005, 12:53:23 PM
The more s-character in the bond the stronger it will be.
Title: Re:Hybrid orbitals.
Post by: Donaldson Tan on July 28, 2005, 03:26:58 PM
Quote from: ssssss on July 28, 2005, 09:55:01 AM
Can anyone provide me the link showing the Overlapping of hybrid orbitals.

Use Google's Image Search for ethene and methane.
Title: Re:Hybrid orbitals.
Post by: moussa on November 30, 2005, 07:16:43 AM
as the  s character of the orbital icresases the attraction of the electrons toward the neuclei will be more thus forming stronger bond
see: http://wine1.sb.fsu.edu/chm1045/notes/Geometry/Hybrid/Geom05.htm (http://wine1.sb.fsu.edu/chm1045/notes/Geometry/Hybrid/Geom05.htm)
http://www.wellesley.edu/Chemistry/chem120/hybrids.html (http://www.wellesley.edu/Chemistry/chem120/hybrids.html)
http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/cact/c120/hybrid.html (http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/cact/c120/hybrid.html)
http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/hillchem3/medialib/media_portfolio/10.html (http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/hillchem3/medialib/media_portfolio/10.html)