7. Use hybridization to explain why carbon can only form four bonds.

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Vivek Chandraprakash · Answer 1 · 2022-03-04T09:19:33+0000

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Here's where orbital hybridization came into play. According to this theory, when the carbon atom is in an excited state, one of the two electrons located in the 2s orbital will get promoted to the empty 2pz orbital. As a result, carbon now has 4 unpaired valence electrons with which it can form four bonds.

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7. Use hybridization to explain why carbon can only form four bonds.

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