Depicting Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals - Methane (CH4)
Channel: Professor Heath's Chemistry Channel
Date: 2012-11-02

For the molecule methane (CH4):
a) Write the condensed electron configuration.
b) Draw the filled atomic orbitals of the central atom.
c) What should the bond angle around the central atom be if the atomic orbitals do not hybridize?
d) Which atomic orbitals are used for hybridization and eventual bonding?
e) Draw the process of hybridization for the central atom.
f) What are type of hybridized are formed?
g) Draw a depiction of the orbitals that overlap to form a covalent bond in the molecule.