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Grade 11Organic Chemistry

why the lone pair in sp2 hybridized orbital cant take part in resonance?

Profile image of LAKSHAY KOHLI
15 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of sushant singh
15 Years ago

hii lakshya .

the simple reason for sp2 not taking part in resonance is the sp2 hybrid is smaller than the sp3 hybrid, so there is a stronger attraction to the nucleus, so less basic. 

Profile image of sn sharma
15 Years ago

oxygen atom in acylium ion is sp2 hybridised.

   it is resonance stablised.