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What are pure p orbitals. Please explain in detail with an example. In the attachment, how is the carbon atom with the lone pair sp2 hybridised and not sp3?

What are pure p orbitals. Please explain in detail with an example. In the attachment, how is the carbon atom with the lone pair sp2 hybridised and not sp3? 

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Grade:12th pass

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Arun
25750 Points
4 years ago
Hybridization of s and p valence orbitals in a linear environment (two perturbing sites). Two of the orbitals, the s and one of the p orbitals are mixed forming two sp hybrid orbitals, leaving the remaining two p orbitals as pure atomic orbitals.
Abhishek Meena
26 Points
2 years ago
pure orbitals are atomic orbitals before any interaction(bonding)
if bonding takes place pure orbitals become hybrid orbitals which are not pure

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