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sci4life:
is the bond
C-C-C and O and H attached to the middle C is sp3 bond?
How many carbon are sp3 in this compound?...I'm kinda confused about sp3 thing....when we look for sp3 orbital..do we count lone pair in it or not?
Mitch:
Only count Carbons as sp3.
AWK:
All carbon atoms have sp3 hybridization, all bonds in maltose are sigma bonds
Donaldson Tan:
according to VSEPR, an atom is said to be sp3 hybridised if its valence shell contains 4 electron pairs. an electron pair is either a lone pair or bonding pair. consequently, sp3 hybridised atoms exihibits tetrahedral electron pair geometry
dexangeles:
normally..
when a carbon has 4 bonds, it's sp3 hybridized (1s orbital, 3 p orbitals = 4)
when a carbon has 3 bonds (1 is a double bond) it's sp2 hybridized (1s orbital, 2 p orbitals = 3), the unhybridized Pz orbital forms the Pi double bond
when a carbon has 2 bonds (both being double bonds), it's sp hybridized (1s orbital, 1p orbital = 2), the Py and Pz unhybridized orbital for the 2 double bonds
remember lone pairs count as hybridized
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