Consider the bonding in an MgH2 molecule. (a) Draw a Lewis structure for the molecule, and predict

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Consider the bonding in an MgH2 molecule.
(a) Draw a Lewis structure for the molecule, and predict its molecular geometry.
(b) What hybridization scheme is used in MgH2?
(c) Sketch one of the two-electron bonds between an Mg hybrid orbital and an H 1s atomic orbital.
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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0321696724

12th edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward

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