Using your results from Problem P24.10,

a. Calculate the s and p character of the water lone pair hybrid orbitals

b. Show that the lone pair orbitals are orthogonal to each other and to the hybrid bonding orbitals.

In Problem 24.10

Derive two additional mutually orthogonal hybrid orbitals for the lone pairs on oxygen in H₂O, each of which is orthogonal to and , by following these steps:

Starting with the following formulas for the lone pair orbitals

use symmetry conditions to determine d₂ and d₄ and to determine the ratio of d₃ to d₇ and of d₄ to d₈.

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dφp, t d3 φ13 + d4 Φωρ. di φ2Ρ ψε diфгр. + d,Φp + dφ + ds φp , + d6p, + dφ+ ψ- ds 2p