Organic Chemistry/Foundational concepts of organic chemistry/Atomic structure/Molecular orbitals

In organic chemistry we look at the hybridization of electron orbitals in to something called molecular orbitals. Image:Molecular orbitals sp3.jpg The s and p orbitals in a carbon atom combine into four hybridized orbitals that repel each other in a shape much like that of four balloons tied together. Remember what a tetrahedron looks like ? Image:Tetrahedron2.gif I knew you did ... Image:Molecular orbitals sp2.jpg pxpypz