Question

Diagram for bonding in ethene with ${\text{s}}{{\text{p}}^2}$ hybridisation.

Answer 1

Hint: To answer this question you must recall the VSEPR (Valence shell electron pair repulsion) theory. It suggests that all valence shell electron pairs surrounding the central atom arrange themselves in such a manner so as to be as far away from each other as possible.

Complete step by step answer:
An Ethene molecule has a double bond between the two carbon atoms and single bonds between the carbon and hydrogen atoms. The aim for each carbon atom is to complete an octet and for the hydrogen to complete a duplet. Thus each hydrogen forms one bond with a carbon atom and each carbon forms two single bonds with hydrogen atoms and a double bond with the other carbon.
We know that in ethene, out of four valence electrons of carbon, one is used for double bond formation. So the hybridisation will be ${\text{s}}{{\text{p}}^2}$ and there will be one unpaired electron in the unhybridized ${\text{p}}$-orbital.
The VSEPR Theory is used to predict the bond angles and spatial positions of the carbon and hydrogen atoms. Each carbon forms three single bonds and thus the bond angle is ${120^{\text{o}}}$. As a result, ethene is a planar molecule with the overlapping ${\text{p}}$ orbitals perpendicular to the plane of the carbon carbon single bond.
We can draw the diagram of the ethene molecule as:

Note:
During bond formation, the atomic orbitals of an atom are mixed in such a manner as to produce equivalent orbitals. This mixing of orbitals is known as hybridisation. The arrangement of these hybrid orbitals according to the VSEPR theory gives us the shape of the molecule