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On Hybrid Orbitals And Bond Strengths - Master Organic Chemistry
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25.2 Sigma bonds and pi bonds - Thinking about Science with David Hukins
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| Before you read this, I suggest you read post 25.1. In post 25.1, I started to describe how the valence bond theory explains how carbon and hydrogen atoms are joined in molecules of ethane, ethene and ethyne (see picture above). My purpose was to introduce the concept of hybrid orbitals. In this post, I am...