Is ethene tetrahedral sp3 or planar?

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TLG · Truong-Son N. · Stefan V.
Dec 30, 2015

Trigonal Planar

Explanation:

The overall structure of the ethene compound is linear but the molecular geometry around each carbon atom is trigonal planar.

It is #"sp"^2# hybridization. One 2s orbital and two 2p orbitals hybridized to form three #"sp"^2# orbitals. To find the hybridization of an atom, just count the number of atoms bonded to it and the number of lone pairs.

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