Hybridization

Hybridization is the idea that atomic orbitals fuse to form newly hybridized orbitals, which in turn, influences molecular geometry and bonding properties. At first, it was a slightly challenging concept to grasp. But with practice, it became easy and I began to realize the patterns that never change.



https://www.khanacademy.org/science/chemistry/chemical-bonds/copy-of-covalent-bonds/v/sp3-hybrid-orbital-jay-final
https://chemistry.boisestate.edu/richardbanks/inorganic/bonding%20and%20hybridization/bonding_hybridization.htm

Chemical Bonding Lab

In this Lab we were to apply our skills that we had learned from lecture in the previous days about Lewis structures and electron geometry. Electron geometry is just the type of format of the covalent bond based on the number of domains. I will provide material below to further expand your knowledge from this lab.

lone pairs explained 

Domains Explained 

Lewis Structure

The Lewis structure is a representation of chemical bonds and elements based on its valence electrons. Many of theses diagrams are used to help diagnosis the electron geometry of the covalent bond. Any easy way to do these structure is count all the the electrons in the atom, place least electronegative element in the center, and place electrons throughout the bonds.

 
Octet Rule

http://socratic.org/questions/how-many-valence-electrons-are-in-bromine
Co2 Dot structure Video