Consider the molecule C₂H₄.The hybridization of each C atom is A)sp B)sp² C)sp³ D)dsp³ E)d²sp³

Name: Consider the molecule C 2 H 4 .The hybridization of each C atom is A)sp B)sp 2 C)sp 3 D)dsp 3 E)d 2 sp 3
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In C2H4 (ethylene), each carbon atom forms three sigma bonds: two with hydrogen atoms and one with the other carbon atom. This requires sp2 hybridization, which involves the mixing of one s orbital and two p orbitals to form three equivalent sp2 hybrid orbitals.

Consider the Molecule C2H4

Consider the Molecule C₂H₄