Hi, my school has never made us learn how sp3, sp2, and sp carbon orbitals look when bonded, but I feel like it's important to know...
But I'm sort of confused...
I started to try to draw sp2 carbons bonded together. My example sp2 molecule is ethene.
sp2 = (s orbital) + (p orbital) + (p orbital) = 3 sp2 hybridized orbitals arranged in a trigonal planar shape.
So, I know this picture is incorrect because there are only 6 electrons per carbon and only 2 hydrogens (in yellow). There should be 4 hydrogens in ethene.
But where would they bond to???
There should only be 3 orbitals per sp2 carbon, and I thought 2 of them have to be used to create the double bond.
Every double bond is made by two overlapping dumbell p orbitals, right?
..Ugh. Would you please let me know what's wrong with my picture and how it should really be drawn.
Confused
Thanks!