How many orbitals are in a set of sp2 hybrid orbitals? Chemistry Molecular Orbital Theory Orbital Hybridization 1 Answer Oscar L. Jun 7, 2016 Three. The name #"sp"^2# refees to one #"s"# and two #"p"# orbitals. Answer link Related questions How does carbon use its #"s"# and #"p"# orbitals to form bonds in ethyne, ethene, and ethane? Question #fb1f7 Question #788a2 How do pi and sigma bonds relate to hybridization? What is the orbital hybridization in BrCl3? What is the orbital hybridization theory? What is the hybridization of #NH_3#? What hybridization is involved in the carbon-carbon bonds? What is the hybridization in #"CO"_2#? What hybrid orbitals are used by phosphorus in the PCl4+ cations? See all questions in Orbital Hybridization Impact of this question 1531 views around the world You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License