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Idea of Hybridisation
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Explain the structure of carbon dioxide.
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Structure of Carbon Dioxide
CO
2
The carbon dioxide molecule has two double bonds between Carbon
C
and Oxygen
O
atoms.
A double bond consists of a sigma and a pi bond which means
CO
2
in total contains
2
sigma and
2
pi bonds.
The bond angle between Carbon and two Oxygen is 180° as it is linear in structure.
O
=
C
=
O
The hybridization of
C
in
CO
2
is
sp
and
O
is
sp
2
hybridized.
With the electronegativity difference in
C
and
O
, the bonds formed in
CO
2
are polar.
But because of two Oxygen molecules on each side of Carbon, the dipole moment gets canceled, and the compound has no final dipole moment.
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