Meaning of carbon hybridization [closed]








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What do we mean when we talk about carbon hybridization?
I'm trying to understand how it works, what is the difference between non-hybridized and hybridized carbon?




Actually hybridization refers to the electron orbitals around the atom not the atom itself. It actually follows the model called VSPER of electron distribution. So it's not limited to carbon, it applies to all atoms.


Atoms depending on the number of electrons they have in their elemental form, has a set number of orbitals. And in order they are as follows, S orbital 2e-, P orbital 6e-, and some other you don't really encounter in intro ochem. 


The hybridization is how the orbitals combine to create bonds. You should really read a book about this, I really recommend organic chemistry by Klein chapter 1.


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