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2.2.16 - Hybridization

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Total cards: 22•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

What does hybridization explain?

Back (Answer)

why we see the shapes of the molecules

#2
Front (Question)

What is hybridization?

Back (Answer)

the mixing of atomic orbitals to create a new set of hybrid orbitals that are equivalent and show bonding shapes

#3
Front (Question)

What happens before bonding?

Back (Answer)

an excitation of an electron

#4
Front (Question)

What happens during the excitation of an electron before bonding?

Back (Answer)

in C for example, an electron from the full 2s orbital jumps to the empty 2pz orbital so that each orbital in the 2nd energy level has one electron

#5
Front (Question)

What do the new orbitals have to be for bonding to occur?

Back (Answer)

exactly the same from one another but different from the original orbitals

#6
Front (Question)

Compared to original orbitals, what is different about hybrid orbitals?

Back (Answer)

energies, shapes, and orientations in space

#7
Front (Question)

What does having different energies, shapes and orientations allow for hybrids?

Back (Answer)

stronger bonds by allowing more overlap

#8
Front (Question)

How many orbitals come out if x amount are put in?

Back (Answer)

x (same out as in)

#9
Front (Question)

What are the 3 kinds of hybridization based on Carbon?

Back (Answer)

1 x s + 3 x p, 1 x s + 2 x p , 1 x s + 1 x p

#10
Front (Question)

What are the hybridized orbitals when it is 1 x s + 3 x p from the second energy level?

Back (Answer)

2sp3

#11
Front (Question)

What shape and bonding angles results with sp3 hybridized orbitals?

Back (Answer)

tetrahedral, 109.5 bonding angles

#12
Front (Question)

How do the major and minor structures compare to one another in sp3 hybridized orbitals?

Back (Answer)

they are the same

#13
Front (Question)

In essence, what does an sp3 hybridized level look like on an electron configuration diagram?

Back (Answer)

4 orientations together

#14
Front (Question)

What does a 1 x s + 2 x p hybridization result in?

Back (Answer)

sp2 hybridized orbitals

#15
Front (Question)

What shape and bond angles do sp2 hybridized orbitals result in?

Back (Answer)

trigonal planar, 120 bond angles

#16
Front (Question)

In Carbon, what happens to the one electron that is not hybridized in an sp2 hybridization?

Back (Answer)

it forms pi bonds (because it is in the p sublevel)

#17
Front (Question)

Where does the double bond come from when two carbons form a double bond?

Back (Answer)

one bond from the pi bond (with the unhybridized electrons), and one bond from the sp2 hybridized orbitals

#18
Front (Question)

What does 1 x s + 1 x p result in after hybridization?

Back (Answer)

sp orbitals

#19
Front (Question)

when does Carbon usually form sp orbitals?

Back (Answer)

when it undergoes triple bonds

#20
Front (Question)

What does the resulting electron configuration diagram look like after sp hybridization for Carbon?

Back (Answer)

there are 2 orientation for the 2sp orbitals and, at a slightly higher energy, there are 2 orientations (y,z) for the 2p orbitals

#21
Front (Question)

How do triple bonds form from sp hybridization?

Back (Answer)

a Sigma bond is formed from 2 sp orbitals, then two pi bonds are formed from the two orientations of the p orbitals from each C atom

#22
Front (Question)

what arrangement do sp orbitals result in?

Back (Answer)

linear arrangement