| 11. | This contradicts a common textbook assertion that the p orbitals would be unable sustain such a bond.
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| 12. | The p orbital consists of six lobed shapes coming off a central point at evenly spaced angles.
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| 13. | However other models describe the bonding using only s and p orbitals in agreement with the octet rule.
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| 14. | First, the total amount of s and p orbital contributions must be equivalent before and after hybridisation.
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| 15. | However to imagine that the unpaired electron is somehow confined to the a p orbitals is of dubious merit.
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| 16. | I mean, it seems to come down to an argument that p orbitals are " not real ".
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| 17. | You could use two p orbitals and a sp orbtial ( per atom )-that seems like an obvious choice.
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| 18. | The p orbital can hold a maximum of six electrons, hence there are six columns in the p-block.
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| 19. | The " n " p orbitals if any that remain non-bonding still exceed the valence of the complex.
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| 20. | P-block elements are unified by the fact that their valence electrons ( outermost electrons ) are in the p orbital.
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