[Bassel]

hi , i am just wondering about a picture i saw in my EK orgo, it is a carbon having 2 hybridized orbitals with 2 pure p orbitals. can anyone explain how did two orbitals hybridize while 2 stayed p orbitals in carbon. thx

[trinitrotoluene]

hi , i am just wondering about a picture i saw in my EK orgo, it is a carbon having 2 hybridized orbitals with 2 pure p orbitals. can anyone explain how did two orbitals hybridize while 2 stayed p orbitals in carbon. thx

Can you post the picture?

[trinitrotoluene]

hi , i am just wondering about a picture i saw in my EK orgo, it is a carbon having 2 hybridized orbitals with 2 pure p orbitals. can anyone explain how did two orbitals hybridize while 2 stayed p orbitals in carbon. thx

Can you post the picture?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_hybridisation

Check out sp hybridization. Is this what you are talking about?

[Vidya]

carbon valence shell has one s and three p orbitals
so one s and one p mixed to give two hybridized sp orbitals and two p orbitals will remain pure.