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Romenumeral
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How do you figure out how sigma bonds an atom can have?
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October 21, 2019, 03:26:49 AM »
How do you figure out how sigma bonds an atom can have?
Has to do with what group is it into?For example Nitrogen can have 3 because is in group 5 and needs 3 more electrons to have a full valence shell?So it can have sp2 hybridization tops?
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Concerning hybridization - ammonia is not flat - it is pyramidal, and this is not sp
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I suppose Romenumeral considered nitrogen with a double or triple bond.
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Romennumeral,
Have you encountered the concept of steric number yet? This may help with respect to hybridization and geometry.
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