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Chemistry
121, Winter 2008, LA Tech
Hybrid Atomic Orbitals
Hybridization is the
mixing up of two or more atomic orbitals
There are three types of
hybrid atomic orbitals for carbon
sp3 (one s orbital + three p orbitals give four sp3 orbitals)
sp2 (one s orbital + two p orbitals give three sp2 orbitals)
sp (one s orbital + one p orbital give two sp orbitals)