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License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Start date: 28 July 2025
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.5c00445
Abstract
Hybridization is a bonding model, universally used in organic chemistry, which allows consideration of two-electron localized bonds in organic molecules. Without hybridization, it is almost impossible to describe aspects such as hyperconjugation for the stabilization of carbocations and alkane conformers. Hybridization is often presented in textbooks with information that is open to misinterpretation. In this article, we examine the pedagogical problems surrounding hybridization and consider approaches for improving teaching.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Published Online |
Status: | In Press |
Schools: | Schools > Chemistry |
Additional Information: | License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, Start Date: 2025-07-28 |
Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
ISSN: | 0021-9584 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 11 August 2025 |
Date of Acceptance: | 22 July 2025 |
Last Modified: | 11 Aug 2025 12:00 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/180337 |
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