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Title: why is p orbital more electronegative than hybridized orbitals i.e. sp?
Post by: allthingschm on February 02, 2015, 11:23:26 AM

why is p orbital more electronegative than hybridized orbitals i.e. sp?

Title: Re: why is p orbital more electronegative than hybridized orbitals i.e. sp?
Post by: billnotgatez on February 02, 2015, 11:30:15 AM

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Title: Re: why is p orbital more electronegative than hybridized orbitals i.e. sp?
Post by: Irlanur on February 02, 2015, 01:29:15 PM

And the question doesn't really make sense. You can't assign an EN to an orbital.

Title: Re: why is p orbital more electronegative than hybridized orbitals i.e. sp?
Post by: Corribus on February 02, 2015, 02:30:29 PM

Well you can, if you correlate EN to ionization energy or oxidation/reduction potential. Speaking about electronegativities of individual orbitals seems odd I agree, but it is not uncommon.