Question: Given the information in Exercise 2F.21, plot a graph showing how the hybridization depends on the angle between two hybrids formed from an s-orbital and

Given the information in Exercise 2F.21, plot a graph showing how the hybridization depends on the angle between two hybrids formed from an s-orbital and two p-orbitals, and confirm that it ranges from 90°  when no s-orbital is included in the mixture to 120° when the hybridization is sp2 .


Exercise 2F.21

The composition of hybrids can be discussed quantitatively.

The outcome is that, if two equivalent hybrids composed of an s-orbital and two p-orbitals make an angle % to each other, then the hybrids can be regarded as spλ, with λ = 2cosθ/cos2(1/2θ). What is the hybridization of the O orbitals that form the two O—H bonds in H2O?

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