The drawing below shows the overlap of two hybrid orbitals to form a bond in a hydrocarbon.

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The drawing below shows the overlap of two hybrid orbitals to form a bond in a hydrocarbon. 

(a) Which of the following types of bonds is being formed: 

(i) C—C s, 

(ii) C—C p or 

(iii) C—H s? 

(b) Which of the following could be the identity of the hydrocarbon: 

(i) CH4

(ii) C2H6

(iii) C2H4, or 

(iv) C2H2?
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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 9780321910417

13th Edition

Authors: Theodore E. Brown, H. Eugene LeMay, Bruce E. Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew E. Stoltzfus

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