In formaldehyde, H2C=O

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Problem

In formaldehyde, H2C=O, name the orbital on carbon and the orbital on hydrogen that overlap to create a C–H σ bond, and state briefly how the s-character of the carbon orbital affects the strength of that bond compared with a C–H bond in ethane.

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