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Offline icystrike

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Hybridization
« on: April 28, 2010, 05:28:45 AM »
If the central N in the NH3 molecule did not use sp3 hybridized orbitals. What would be the expected angle in NH3?
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Re: Hybridization
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2010, 08:19:25 AM »
90o.  All of the 2p orbitals of N are orthogonal (or perpendicular) to one another.  If hybridization did not take place the 1s orbitals of hydrogen will just overlap with the 2p orbitals of nitrogen.  The 2s orbital would not participate in bonding. 
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Re: Hybridization
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2010, 09:15:16 AM »
Thanks alot friend (=
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