Practice MCAT Question - Q165 - Answer!
Hybrid orbitals form
A. sigma bonds only.
B. pi bonds only.
C. sigma and pi bonds.
D. lone-pair orbitals and sigma bonds.
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The correct answer is (D). Hybrid orbitals around central atoms overlap with orbitals of bonding atoms along the internuclear axis to form sigma bonds. Nonbonding or lone-pair electrons occupy hybrid orbitals of the central atom.
