Suppose that a methane molecule became distorted to (a)
C3v symmetry by the lengthening of one bond, (b)
C2v symmetry, by a kind of
scissors action in which one bond angle opened and another closed
slightly. Would more d orbitals on the carbon become available for
bonding?
First, let me remind you that the carbon atom has the ground state electronic configuration 1S2 2S2 2P2. And the shell no. 2 that is the 'N' shell doesn't have d orbitals as the total subshell available in it are the S and P subshell.
So by distorting the structure of methane from spherical to C3v and then to C2v symmetry we can only change the bond length or/and bond angle, d orbitals can't take part in bonding.
Suppose that a methane molecule became distorted to (a) C3v symmetry by the lengthening of one...
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