The central carbon atom makes bonds with orbitals these...

The central carbon atom makes ________ bonds with _______ orbitals. These orbitals must necessarily be perpendicular to each other, thereby forcing the groups on the ends of the allene system perpendicular. four π; four ptwo π, two ptwo π; two dfour π; four d

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00:02 Hi there.

00:03 In this question, we are given the eileen molecule, which has three carbons that are double bonded, and each of the terminal carbons has two hydrogens on them.

00:22 Okay, so the structure would look like this, in two dimensions, at least.

00:30 So the first thing we want to do is hybridize each carbon atom, or determine the hybridization of each carbon atom, rather.

00:36 So i'm going to number these, one, two, and three.

00:41 So for carbon one, we see that it has three atoms bonded to it and zero lone pairs.

00:59 Well, that means that it needs a total of three equal energy orbitals.

01:15 And an equal energy orbital, we get those by hybridization.

01:20 So we need three hybrid orbitals.

01:23 The way we can get three hybrid orbitals is by blending the s -orbitals.

01:27 Orbital and two of the p orbitals.

01:30 So this first carbon is going to have sp2 hybridization.

01:38 Right, let's look at carbon two.

01:41 Carbon two has two atoms bonded to it and zero loan pairs.

01:54 That means it needs a total of two equal energy orbitals or two hybrid orbitals.

02:05 And that means it's just going to blend its s orbital with one of its p orbitals, giving it sp hybridization.

02:16 And then carbon three.

02:18 Carbon three is going to be just like carbon one...

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The central carbon atom makes __ bonds with _ orbitals. These orbitals must necessarily be perpendicular to each other, thereby forcing the groups on the ends of the allene system perpendicular. four π; four ptwo π, two ptwo π; two dfour π; four d

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The central carbon atom makes ________ bonds with _______ orbitals. These orbitals must necessarily be perpendicular to each other, thereby forcing the groups on the ends of the allene system perpendicular. four π; four ptwo π, two ptwo π; two dfour π; four d

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The central carbon atom makes __ bonds with _ orbitals. These orbitals must necessarily be perpendicular to each other, thereby forcing the groups on the ends of the allene system perpendicular. four π; four ptwo π, two ptwo π; two dfour π; four d