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N2+ hybrdization

 
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Dec2-12, 06:49 AM   #1
 

N2+ hybrdization


N2+ is sp2 hybridiztion (it is scientifically correct)
Can anyone explain this ?
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Dec2-12, 07:01 AM   #2
 
Write its electronic configuration, draw its box configuration and see if you can make a hybrid orbital by combining some valence orbitals.
Dec2-12, 07:55 AM   #3
 
i tried but the hybridization of atom N (with positive charge) comes out to be sp.
Dec2-12, 01:59 PM   #4
 
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N2+ hybrdization


Do you mean [itex] N_2^+[/itex] or [itex]N^{2+}[/itex], to begin with?
Dec3-12, 11:53 PM   #5
 
N2+.nitrogen molecule with 1 electron removed.
Dec4-12, 02:02 AM   #6
 
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The choice of the hybridization of an atom in a compound is a freedom you have and not something that is determined by some scientific law. Why do you want to use hybrids at all in the description of this molecule? s orbitals are full and don't contribute to bonding in a first approximation.
The two p_z orbitals along the molecule axis (z-axis) form a sigma bond and the rest of the electrons occupy the p_x and p_y orbitals forming a two and a one electron pi bond.
Maybe bond energy increases somehow if you allow for some hybridization between the s and the p_z orbitals. However without quantum chemical calculations, it is hard to say to what extent hybridization will increase bond energy.
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