Draw the Lewis structure for 1,1-dimethylhydrazine [(CH3)2NNH2], a compound used as a rocket fuell. What is the hybridization for the two nitrogen atoms in this molecule? What orbitals overlap to form the bond between the nitrogen atoms?

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anor277
Jul 20, 2018

Are not the nitrogen atoms sp3−hybridized

Explanation:

The bonding in the hydrazine is electron precise and each nitrogen atom is sp3−hybridized. ∠N−N−C bond-angles would be distorted somewhat from 109.5∘ due to the stereochemically active lone pairs.

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You will have to add in the lone pairs...

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