sp2 HybridizationDouble bond formation

• Carbon can form double bonds with itself and other heteroatoms.

• This requires sp2 hybridization of its valence atomic orbitals.

• Carbon is sp2 hybridized in:

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C

C

H

H

H

H

C

O

H

H

Ethene

(carbon sp2)

Formaldehyde

(carbon, oxygen sp2)

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