Chemistry / Unit 6 Chem 1117 short lesson, about 20 seconds
A Triple Bond as Sigma Plus Two Pi
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The idea
A triple bond consists of one sigma bond plus two pi bonds, formed from two separate pairs of perpendicular unhybridized p orbitals.
In practice
Nitrogen's triple bond in N2 is one sp-sp sigma bond plus two pi bonds from two perpendicular p-orbital pairs.
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A triple bond's two pi bonds occupy perpendicular planes around the same sigma axis; they do not overlap each other.
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