Question

Classify these orbital descriptions by type. Atomic orbital Hybrid orbital Molecular orbital p d f P sp^2 sp^3 sp^3d sigma2s pi2p S

Answer 1

Concepts and reason

The concept used to solve this problem is based on type of orbitals.

The orbitals can be atomic, molecular and hybrid.

Fundamentals

The atomic orbitals are the areas of space around the nucleus of an atom where an electron is expected to be found.

The hybrid orbitals are the orbitals which are formed by mixing of atomic orbitals.

The molecular orbitals are the orbitals which have bonding and antibonding orbitals.

The orbitals s, p, d and f are atomic orbitals.

The orbitals $sp$ , $s{p^2}$ , $s{p^3}$ and $s{p^3}d$ are hybrid orbitals.

The molecular orbitals are ${\sigma _{2s}}$ and ${\pi _{2p}}$ .

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