Question
Give the molecular orbital description [e.g. sigma(sp3-sp3)] for each unique bond in the following structure.
CH3NCHCCH
I know how to draw the lewis structure and what a sigma and pi bond is, but I don't understand what the (sp3-sp3) part after the bond means or how you establish them.
CH3NCHCCH
I know how to draw the lewis structure and what a sigma and pi bond is, but I don't understand what the (sp3-sp3) part after the bond means or how you establish them.
Answers
DrBob222
Is that CH3N=CHC(triple)CH?
Single bonds are sp3
Double bonds are sp2
Triple bonds are sp.
Single bonds are sp3
Double bonds are sp2
Triple bonds are sp.
ramire2
Yes, it is. So for like the triple bond in these structure, I know there's two pi bonds, and one sigma bond. But then for like the C---H bond off the triple bond it says the answer is a sigma bond (sp-s) So I don't know what it means by (sp-s) since by my judgement that carbon is sp2.