Chemistry / Unit 6 Chem 1098 short lesson, about 20 seconds
sp Hybridization
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The idea
sp hybridization mixes one s and one p orbital into two hybrid orbitals, oriented 180° apart, matching a two-domain linear geometry.
In practice
Beryllium in BeF2 is sp hybridized, its two hybrid orbitals pointing opposite directions toward each fluorine.
Where people slip
The hybridization matches the electron-domain count set by VSEPR, not the element identity alone — a different molecule of the same element can hybridize differently.
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