N NA19 Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Jun 12, 2013 Messages 73 Reaction score 0 Jul 21, 2013 #1 Members don't see this ad. Why are there three sp2 hybridized Ns? Attachments mcat question.png 76.7 KB · Views: 56
F FeinMS Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Feb 11, 2013 Messages 889 Reaction score 302 Jul 21, 2013 #2 2 nitrogens without double bond (one at 1o'clock and another at 6o'clock) will have sp2 hybridization to locate their lone pairs in p orbitals to form conjugation and especially aromaticity Upvote 0 Downvote
2 nitrogens without double bond (one at 1o'clock and another at 6o'clock) will have sp2 hybridization to locate their lone pairs in p orbitals to form conjugation and especially aromaticity