Question
What is the hybridization of a water molecule?
- ____
Answer
What is the hybridization of a water molecule?
- It is sp3.
Note: The oxygen atom in H2O makes two sigma bonds and has two lone pairs of electrons. Since the number of hybrid orbitals must equal the number of sigma bonds and lone pairs, the oxygen atom must have four hybrid orbitals, or sp3 hybridization.
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