Hybrid Orbitals

Mixing s and p

An interactive lesson with 7 steps, about 6 minutes: you predict, drag and solve, with instant feedback on every answer. It runs in your browser and needs JavaScript.

What you’ll learn

• Hybrids: one per electron domain (4 → sp³, 3 → sp², 2 → sp).
• Leftover p orbitals form π bonds.

Steps

1. A puzzle about carbon
2. Count the domains
3. How much s?
4. Ammonia’s nitrogen
5. Colour by hybrid
6. Leftover p orbitals
7. Acetone