Question

draw a 3d representation of a saturated carbon bond, what hybridization is carbon in these bonds and a 3d representation of carbon double bond and label the parts of the structures.

Answer 1

Carbon atoms having four sigma bonds are known as saturated carbons. They are linked together by only single covalent bonds. All of the carbon atoms present in alkanes are saturated. In these bonds, each of the carbon atoms is sp³ hybridized.

Those carbon atoms which have less than four sigma bonds are known as unsaturated carbons. They are linked together by double or triple bonds. When a carbon atom is bound to two single bonds and one double bond (e.g., ethene), the hybridization is sp². When a carbon atom is bound to two double bonds (e.g., carbon dioxide) or one single and one triple bond (e.g., ethyne), the hybridization is sp.