Depicting Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals - Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) 002
Channel: Professor Heath's Chemistry Channel
Date: 2013-06-10

For the molecule hydrogen cyanide (HCN):
a) Draw the filled atomic orbitals of the nitrogen atom.
b) Which atomic orbitals are used for hybridization and eventual bonding?
c) Draw the process of hybridization for the nitrogen atom.
d) What are type of hybridized orbitals are formed?
e) Which orbitals contain the lone pair electrons?
f) Which orbitals contain the bonding electrons?

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