Hybrid Orbitals in Organic Chemistry
Hybrid Orbitals in Organic Chemistry
Hybrid orbitals are linear combinations of atomic orbitals on the same atom. Three of the hybrid orbitals , , and , commonly used in organic chemistry, are plotted in three dimensions to exhibit their characteristic shapes.
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This Demonstration shows the basic characteristics of these hybrid orbitals: the number and type of atomic orbitals involved in the construction, the molecular geometry, examples, and two 3D views (visual style: stripes/points) of the probability density (boundary surface in cartoon form, phase coloring included).