Orbital overlap occur in cumulene? What types of orbital overlap occur in cumulene? - s/sp^2 - s/s

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Cailyn Peterson

7 June, 06:56

Orbital overlap occur in cumulene? What types of orbital overlap occur in cumulene? - s/sp^2 - s/s

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Jaliyah Kennedy · Answer 1

The carbons on the ends are sp² hybridized, with a p-orbital for the 'second' bond in the double bond with their neighboring carbons.

They have those sp² orbitals overlapping with the s from the hydrogen, and they have a p overlapping in the pi bond with the neighboring carbon. They also have a sigma bond with the neighboring carbon I'll get to.

The middle carbons each have two pi bonds with their neighbors, leaving sp hybridiaztion for the rest. So they have sp/sp² with the end carbons, and sp/sp with each other. (And they also have p/p in the pi bonds).

So the total list is:

s/sp²

p/p

sp/sp²

sp/sp