How do we describe the orbital hybridization in the water molecule?

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How do we describe the orbital hybridization in the water molecule?

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Answer 1 · 2017-08-09T08:04:00

The oxygen atom has $3 \times p - orbitals$ $3xxp-"orbitals"$ , i.e. $2 p_{x}$ $2p_x$ , $2 p_{y}$ $2p_y$ , and $2 p_{z}$ $2p_z$

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And these three orbitals can be mathematically hybridized with the $s-orbital$ $"s-orbital"$ to form $4 \times s p^{3}$ $4xxsp^3$ orbitals..........and this forms $2 \times O - H$ $2xxO-H$ bonds, and TWO filled lone pairs....... $: {..} O H_{2}$ $:stackrel(ddot)OH_2$ .

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