What is the electronic structure of formaldehyde?

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What is the electronic structure of formaldehyde?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-05T15:23:41

$In formaldehyde....................?$ $"In formaldehyde....................?"$

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The carbon centre is $s p^{2} - hybridized.........$ $sp^2-"hybridized........."$

There are 4 valence electrons to distribute around carbon. Three of these electrons are $s p^{2} - hybridized$ $sp^2-"hybridized"$ , and they form $2 \times C - H$ $2xxC-H$ , and $1 \times C - O$ $1xxC-O$ , bonds. The fourth carbon electron remains unhybridized, and can overlap with an oxygen electron to form a $π -$ $pi-$ bond, above and below the plane of the $s p^{2}$ $sp^2$ framework.

A Lewis structure of $H_{2} C = O$ $H_2C=O$ reflects this arrangement. Most of the time it is supplied in the lab as $formalin$ $"formalin"$ , an aqueous solution. $Paraformaldehyde$ $"Paraformaldehyde"$ , ${(C H_{2} O)}_{3}$ $(CH_2O)_3$ is a cylic trimer, that can be used as a substitute.

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