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Course: Chemistry library > Unit 7

Lesson 5: Hybridization and hybrid orbitals
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Chemistry library
Chemical bonds
Hybridization and hybrid orbitals
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Bond hybridization

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Problem

Carbon dioxide, CO2, has a linear shape.
Ball and stick model of a carbon dioxide molecule. The central carbon atom has two double bonds to oxygen atoms, and the O-C-O angle is 180 degrees.
What is the hybridization around the central carbon atom in CO2?
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