{"id":11238,"date":"2018-01-19T14:24:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T20:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/?p=11238"},"modified":"2026-05-06T19:23:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:23:23","slug":"hybridization-and-bond-strengths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/2018\/01\/19\/hybridization-and-bond-strengths\/","title":{"rendered":"Orbital Hybridization And Bond Strengths"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Orbital Hybridization Affects Bond Strengths<\/strong><\/p>\n

Understanding the concept of hybrid orbitals (see previous post<\/em><\/a>) lets you make accurate predictions about trends in bond strengths<\/strong>. In this post we’ll give several examples of how to do this.<\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. A Quick Quiz (On Bond Dissociation Energy)<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Key Principle On Orbital Hybridization And Bond Strengths: The Greater The s-character, The Stronger The Bond<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Electrons In s<\/i>-Orbitals Are Closer To the Nucleus Than Electrons In The Corresponding p-Orbitals<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Summary: All Else Being Equal, The Greater The s-Character, The Stronger The Bond<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Bonus Section: An Answer To A Question A Few People Might Be Asking<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Homolytic versus Heterolytic Bond Cleavage<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. A Test For You<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. One Last Thing: This Concept Also Explains Why CH3<\/sub><\/span>+ Is More Stable Than NH<\/span>3<\/sub><\/span>+\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Notes<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Quiz Yourself!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    <\/a>1. A Quick Quiz<\/h2>\n

    Let’s start with a quick quiz.<\/p>\n

    What’s the strongest C\u2013H bond, below?<\/p>\n

    (In other words, which C\u2013H bond has the highest bond-dissociation energy?)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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    The answer is C.<\/p>\n