Chemistry Notes

I shall be posting here resources which will help you to understand better and in depth the concepts we study in our course.

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Hybridization

You can consult this site for hybridization of carbon in methane and ethene:
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/basicorg/bonding/ethene.html#top

and the hybridization of carbon and oxygen in carbon dioxide:

http://www.chemguide.co.uk/inorganic/group4/oxides.html

If you follow the link at the end for Main menu you can access sites for Organic reaction mechanisms, bonding etc. You just need time and curiosity!


Bonding, geometry of molecules and hybridization are closely connected. Look at these sites to understand the formation of different types of bonds:

http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/structures/commonstructures.html


http://www.shodor.org/unchem/basic/atom/

A nice demo of hybrid and molecular orbitals:

http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/DEMOS/Orbitals.html

http://www.cem.msu.edu/~reusch/VirtualText/intro3.htm#strc8a