Abstract
The sp 2 and sp 3 hybrid orbitals appear consistently in conjunction with the carbon atom. The resultant electronic configurations do provide maximal separation of the electrons about the carbon nucleus, but it is often difficult to see exactly how they can be constructed from the s and p electrons of the carbon atom. For example, does the spherically symmetric s orbital wavefunction play any role in the final geometric arrangement of the hybrid orbitals? A total of four electron orbitals are required to create the four hybrid orbitals, but how is the geometric information for these hybrid orbitals introduced?
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Starzak, M.E. (1989). Quantum Mechanics. In: Mathematical Methods in Chemistry and Physics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2082-9_8
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