What is an sp2 hybridized carbon atom?
It means some sort of carbon-carbon double bond. Sp3 is single bonds, sp2 is double bonds, and sp is triple bonds. In ethylene, the carbon-carbon sigma bond is formed by overlap of one sp2 orbital (red) on each carbon atom. The carbon-hydrogen sigma bonds are formed by overlap of a carbon sp2 orbital (red) with a hydrogen 1 s orbital (blue). Overlap of one pz orbital (black) on each carbon forms the carbon-carbon pi bond.
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Explanation:
An example of carbon with
Carbon is tetravalent (forms 4 bond) and the ground state electron configuration cannot explain its valency since there's only 2 unpaired electron (left image below).


Therefore, one of the electron in 2s will be promoted to the empty 2pz orbital (middle image below).
In order to form the 3 sigma bonds in ethene, one 2s and two of the 2p orbitals will mix to form three
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