B. E. Douglas, D. H. McDaniel, J. J. Alexander, Concepts and Models of Inorganic Chemistry, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1994, page 103.
 
 

Problem 2.11

Sketch the following hybrid orbitals (indicate the sign of the amplitude of the wavefunction on your sketch):

(a) an sd hybrid; (b) a pd hybrid.
 
 
 
 

Answer:

The sign of the amplitude of the wavefunction is indicated by the shading.

(a) sd hybrid


 

(b) pd hybrid