Orbitals: Crash Course Chemistry #25

We have explained it. Links everywhere. But of

course

, as always, in your tireless search for more knowledge there is still much to learn. The d and f

orbitals

can hybridize with the sp hybridized

orbitals

and with each other, forming wonderfully strange geometries. When two "d" orbitals hybridize with "sp3" orbitals we get "d2sp3", which is an octahedron, which is what role-playing gamers know as a dice octahedron. These orbital arrangements determine the shape of the molecules, and the shape of the molecules determines their behavior, shapes, and properties. It is truly amazing that the wave functions that determine the possible locations of electrons keep water curved and therefore polar, and therefore able to dissolve nutrients and create a stable environment for our cells so that we can live our lives with bodies. composed mostly of water, thinking about things, making YouTube videos and trying to learn more about the world, or maybe we're just trying to pass a test.

Thanks for watching this episode of Crash Course Chemistry. If you paid attention today, you learned that molecules are compact groups of possible locations for electrons determined by wave functions more complex than the waves on a telephone wire. And that water is an asymmetric molecule due to the hybridized "sp3" orbitals of oxygen, which force the electrons to adopt a tetrahedral structure, and that the "s" and "p" orbitals can hybridize in other ways, such as "sp2". or "sp", and how do these hybridizations allow double and triplex bonds to occur using sigma and pi bonds? Finally, you learned that D orbitals can also contribute, allowing hybridizations to occur that result in more surprising 3D shapes.

This episode was written by me and edited by Blake DePastino. The

chemistry

consultants are Dr. Heiko Langer and Eddie González. It is filmed, edited and directed by Nicholas Jenkins. The script supervisor is Michael Aranda and the graphics team is Thought Café.