Draw a picture that shows all three 2p orbitals on one atom
and ...

Question

Draw a picture that shows all three 2p orbitals on one atom 
and all three 2p orbitals on another atom. (b) How 
many p bonds can the two sets of 2p orbitals make with each 
other?

Accepted Answer

Hi everyone here, We have a question asking us to consider the corn molecule and draw the set of 33 P orbital's for each of the two chlorine atoms and asking us how many sigma bonds can result from this set of three P orbital's. So we have our chlorine in the middle and we have a lone pair here, here and here, and we'll have a bond here and we have our second chlorine molecule. And here is our bond with another lone pair set, a lone pair set and a last lone pair set. And here is our linear sigma bond so we can have one sigma bond. And that is our answer. Thank you for watching. Bye.

Draw a picture that shows all three 2p orbitals on one atom and all three 2p orbitals on another atom. (b) How many p bonds can the two sets of 2p orbitals make with each other?

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