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Double and Triple Covalent Bonds

Hybridized orbitals

Hybridized orbitals

A schematic of the resulting orientation in space of sp3 hybrid orbitals. Notice that the sum of the superscripts (1 for s, and 3 for p) gives the total number of formed hybrid orbitals. In this case, four orbitals are produced which point along the direction of the vertices of a tetrahedron.

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