9.3 Hybridization | General Chemistry

Chad provides a lesson on hybridization and hybrid orbitals. The lesson begins with an introduction to Valence Bond Theory which describes a bond as resulting from the overlap of atomic orbitals. It is then shown how it is not possible for carbon to be using its 's' and 'p' orbitals to form bonds with the hydrogen atoms in CH4 (methane) as it would not result in the proper bond angles (109.5 degrees). The combination of carbon's 's' and 'p' orbitals results in the creation of four sp3 hybrid orbitals that are oriented 109.5 degrees apart, and these are responsible for bond formation when overlapping with the 's' orbitals of the hydrogen atoms.
The lesson is concluded by showing how to determine the hybridization of an atom based upon the number of electron domains around it:
2 electron domains = sp hybridization
3 electron domains = sp2 hybridization
4 electron domains = sp3 hybridization
5 electron domains = sp3d hybridization
6 electron domains = sp3d2 hybridization
The last two, sp3d and sp3d2 hybridization only occur with expanded octets which are only possible for elements in the 3rd row of the periodic table or below which will have d orbitals in their valence shell.
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00:00 Lesson Introduction
00:53 Hybrid Orbitals Explained - Valence Bond Theory
04:16 sp3 Hybridization in CH4
10:36 sp vs sp2 vs sp3 Hybridization
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    7 ай бұрын

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    THAT WAS LITERALLY THE BEST EXPLANATION ABOUT HYBRID ORBITALS THAT I HAVE EVER WATCHED!! THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYTHING MAKES SO MUCH SENSE NOW

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    8 ай бұрын

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    10 ай бұрын

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    5 ай бұрын

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    4 күн бұрын

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  • @kaylaquilantang5380
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    Thank you so much for this lesson! My professor didn't teach it as efficiently and with an exam coming up with hybridization as one of the covered topics, I was concerned with my lack of comprehension. You explained this so well in a manner that was so easy to understand. I can't stress how thankful I am :D

  • @ChadsPrep

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    Жыл бұрын

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    5 ай бұрын

    Glad it is helping you.

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    Ай бұрын

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  • @ChadsPrep

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    8 ай бұрын

    You're very welcome!

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    6 ай бұрын

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    6 ай бұрын

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    A beautiful explanation, I could finally understand thoroughly regarding my upcoming Chemistry Worksheet, God Bless You Chad

  • @ChadsPrep

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    9 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear it and Thank You.

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    @Sky-bk8hu10 ай бұрын

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    10 ай бұрын

    Glad the video helped you - Happy Studying!

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    8 ай бұрын

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    @itzayrton586210 ай бұрын

    This helped me a lot while studying on AP Chemistry. Thanks for explaining it briefly!!

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    10 ай бұрын

    You're welcome - glad it did!

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    3 ай бұрын

    You're welcome and Thank You!

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    7 ай бұрын

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    4 ай бұрын

    Most welcome - hope you do well on your exam!

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    You do a great job explaining a contrived system! Can’t wait until we actually figure out how electrons “work”

  • @ChadsPrep

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    2 жыл бұрын

    In person, I would often tell my students at the end of this lesson that "Oh, by the way, this is all really a lie." The look on their faces was priceless. We don't have any perfect models but they all have their utility. I'll be releasing a new lesson on Molecular Orbital Theory later this week and we'll get a little closer to reality. 🙂

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  • @GasepMichaelTut
    @GasepMichaelTut2 ай бұрын

    My sincere thanks on a very interested lesson of hybridization.

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    2 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @Clipaholick
    @Clipaholick Жыл бұрын

    this was the explanation I needed for my exam!! Thanks, Chad!

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    Жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear it - hope you do well on your exam!

  • @roj-nc2iq
    @roj-nc2iq23 күн бұрын

    thank you! could you please explain if C is always obligated to undergo promotion in order to get hybridized?

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    @rishiraj_77 ай бұрын

    Brilliant Work Sir. Love from India

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    7 ай бұрын

    Thank You from USA

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    @student0482 ай бұрын

    thank you so much, this makes so much more sense

  • @ChadsPrep

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    2 ай бұрын

    Very welcome

  • @pebabmey
    @pebabmey7 ай бұрын

    this whole time, I was just wondering: where does that unhybridized orbital go?? I really appreciate this video as someone who needs to know what is going on in depth, and this explanation was perfect. I have your next videos queued up!

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    7 ай бұрын

    Awesome! Welcome to the channel :)

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    7 ай бұрын

    You're welcome and Thank You!

  • @soozy927
    @soozy9272 ай бұрын

    what if we are given the molecular formula and asked to explain the hybridization and determine its type, and then draw Lewis structure and predict the geometry. So we cannot know the number of electron domains.

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    thank you for explaining so good!!

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    Ай бұрын

    Very welcome!

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    @somayahbird452710 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this great explanation

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    10 ай бұрын

    You are welcome!

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    4 ай бұрын

    Glad it helped you out!

  • @farinsintaha9512
    @farinsintaha951210 күн бұрын

    Would you mind o share that what type of hybridisation is present in HF? Is it SP or SP2 or SP3? and please explain. TIA

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    5 ай бұрын

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    @KyleARotelli7 ай бұрын

    Phenomenal explanation

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    7 ай бұрын

    Thank you

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    @timothymilsom1392 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much Chad!

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    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome.

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    Thank you Chad.

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    Ай бұрын

    Very welcome, LF.

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    3 күн бұрын

    Thank you! 😃

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    @mekeyasmekuria89077 ай бұрын

    Beautiful Explanation

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    7 ай бұрын

    Thank You

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    5 ай бұрын

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    @WatsonOpoku28 күн бұрын

    I love this explanation ❤

  • @ChadsPrep

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    27 күн бұрын

    Excellent!

  • @edenassraf5196
    @edenassraf51964 ай бұрын

    14:26 hello!!! first off, i love your videos and you have the best chemistry channel on here hands down. next, i had a question on this part of the video. you said that one of the electrons in the lone pair on CO is going to be in one of the sp hybrids. where is the other electron? i am trying to to visual lose the sp hybridization with CO but i got a little lost. can you help? thank you😄😃😃

  • @edenassraf5196

    @edenassraf5196

    4 ай бұрын

    sorry also one more thing! in the beginning at 1:49 , the overlapping s orbitals are not hybrids correct? hybridization only occurs between the orbitals of a single atom? thank you!

  • @edenassraf5196

    @edenassraf5196

    4 ай бұрын

    Please help 😢😫

  • @dancansoro9699
    @dancansoro96998 ай бұрын

    The best explanation ever😊

  • @ChadsPrep

    @ChadsPrep

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you

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  • @connorkrilow9220
    @connorkrilow9220Ай бұрын

    Chad - can you explain why my wife left me please

  • @ChadsPrep

    @ChadsPrep

    Ай бұрын

    Yikes! Something to do with General Chemistry???

  • @melaniegalaxy697
    @melaniegalaxy69710 ай бұрын

    At 4:40 how is there only 4 valence electrons? When I see 6. Do you just ignore the 1s2 or something?

  • @derrennicholaskwee8752

    @derrennicholaskwee8752

    9 ай бұрын

    if you want to see the full diagram then of course 1s2 would be included, although in hybridization, only the last 2 orbital should be considered as they are the one that will be combined after all.

  • @Periwinkle-oo4uz
    @Periwinkle-oo4uz6 ай бұрын

    I just found this channel and I must say you are a great teacher. I have a question that the geometries of these hybrid orbitals are not fixed these are generally obtained, right?

  • @Periwinkle-oo4uz

    @Periwinkle-oo4uz

    6 ай бұрын

    e.g an sp3 orbital is mostly a tetrahedral but it might also be a pyramidal or V-shaped and why is that

  • @ChadsPrep

    @ChadsPrep

    6 ай бұрын

    It depends on the number of bonding electron domains and nonbonding electron domains (i.e. lone pairs) on the central atom. For sp3 hybridized central atoms: 4 bonding domains = tetrahedral 3 bonding / 1 nonbonding = trigonal pyramidal 2 bonding / 2 nonbonding = bent The molecular geometry is named based upon where the atoms are located around the central atom (it doesn't factor in where the lone pairs of electrons are located). This video from earlier in the chapter expounds on this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKqas9awic6qpMo.html Hope this helps!

  • @Periwinkle-oo4uz

    @Periwinkle-oo4uz

    6 ай бұрын

    @@ChadsPrepThankyou it explains! and sorry for replying so late

  • @ChadsPrep

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    6 ай бұрын

    @@Periwinkle-oo4uz Most welcome.

  • @tapio8417
    @tapio84179 ай бұрын

    At 14:20 isn't it a bit wrong that in CO the C's SP has only one electron in the first box? I mean the the first hybridized orbital is fully occupied so there should be both lone electrons in the box (up and down arrows)?

  • @tapio8417

    @tapio8417

    9 ай бұрын

    Great video btw so thanks for that!

  • @ChadsPrep

    @ChadsPrep

    8 ай бұрын

    Hey Tapio! This is one of the 'rules' in orbital diagrams that we fill empty orbitals first before pairing up electrons because electrons in their own orbitals experience less repulsion than in an up/down spin pair. Best way I found to remember this is if you got on a bus you would find an empty seat before sitting next to someone (if they are a stranger anyway)

  • @tapio8417

    @tapio8417

    8 ай бұрын

    Ah yea of course! Thanks for the reply!@@ChadsPrep

  • @ChadsPrep

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    8 ай бұрын

    @@tapio8417 no worries happy to help :)

  • @noahboucher54
    @noahboucher546 ай бұрын

    does every bond with every compound ever have hybrid orbitals? or is this a special thing for a few compounds?

  • @ChadsPrep

    @ChadsPrep

    6 ай бұрын

    Hey Noah - are you asking if all bond types are hybrid orbitals? Only sigma (single bonds) if so

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