Topic: delete me!! hybridization (Read 3902 times)

Lena85 · « **on:** January 27, 2008, 04:22:56 PM »

Hi,

what is the hybridization of the nitrogen atom in aniline? sp2 or sp3?

Lena

macman104 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 27, 2008, 04:27:17 PM »

What would your guess be? Why? If you don't have a guess, what about the problem is giving you problems?

Kryolith · « **Reply #2 on:** January 27, 2008, 04:29:00 PM »

Welcome to the forum!

Aromatic amines are planar, alkyl amines are tetrahedral. Can you now tell the hybridization of the N-atom?
In which orbital is the lone pair?

Lena85 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 27, 2008, 05:05:37 PM »

Kryolith · « **Reply #4 on:** January 27, 2008, 05:10:10 PM »

Yes it's sp²-hybridized. And where is the lone pair?