Write orbital diagrams (boxes with arrows in them) to represent the electron configurations of carbon before and after sp hybridization.

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Juliana Rowland

3 April, 04:11

Write orbital diagrams (boxes with arrows in them) to represent the electron configurations of carbon before and after sp hybridization.

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Christopher Obrien · Answer 1

Carbon has an electron configuration of 1s^2 2s^2 2p^2. During sp hybridization, one s and one p orbital of carbon combine to form two sp hybrid orbitals.