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F|4m3s Ru|3 · **Calling all Chemists -** 01-12-2004, 11:27 PM

Ok so I'm in the middle of an advanced chemistry course in high school right now and we are discussing the hybridization of orbitals. Does anyone here know any good websites that talk about this and explain it clearly? I understand the sp, sp2, sp3, dsp3, and d2sp3 orbitals but I dont understand how they are formed. I know that a methane molecule (CH4) is sp3 hybridized, but how does that happen?
Thanks in advance.

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F\|4m3s Ru\|3 is Offline Member Posts: 52 Join Date: Jan 2004	Calling all Chemists - 01-12-2004, 11:27 PM Ok so I'm in the middle of an advanced chemistry course in high school right now and we are discussing the hybridization of orbitals. Does anyone here know any good websites that talk about this and explain it clearly? I understand the sp, sp2, sp3, dsp3, and d2sp3 orbitals but I dont understand how they are formed. I know that a methane molecule (CH4) is sp3 hybridized, but how does that happen? Thanks in advance.