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I am taking organic chem now.
I just read that C = 1s^2 2s^2 2(px^1 py^1)
the p orbitals have one electrons each so it could overlap with the 1s orbitals of two H's to form two C-H sigma bonds. And it showed picture that look like
H
|
:C-H
and then it says
"The fact is, C combines with 4 H's to form four identical C-H sigma bonds in CH4."
if C has 6 valence electrons and 2 to recieve from H, how can it form 4 bonds? shouldn't it only form 2 bonds just like I drew up there and that's it?
I just read that C = 1s^2 2s^2 2(px^1 py^1)
the p orbitals have one electrons each so it could overlap with the 1s orbitals of two H's to form two C-H sigma bonds. And it showed picture that look like
H
|
:C-H
and then it says
"The fact is, C combines with 4 H's to form four identical C-H sigma bonds in CH4."
if C has 6 valence electrons and 2 to recieve from H, how can it form 4 bonds? shouldn't it only form 2 bonds just like I drew up there and that's it?
