In a carbonyl oxygen, why do we say that the electrons are trigonal planar?

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In a carbonyl oxygen, why do we say that the electrons are trigonal planar?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-24T16:20:30

Because each oxygen atom in the molecule has THE TWO NON-BONDING ELECTRON pairs............

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And for $R C (= O) O H$ $RC(=O)OH$ , the carbonyl oxygen is $s p^{2}$ $sp^2$ hybridized, and $O H$ $OH$ is $s p^{3}$ $sp^3$ hybridized. Because each oxygen atom is formally neutral we conceive that there are 8 electrons around each oxygen nucleus. Two of these electrons are inner core. The remaining 6 are valence shell, and determine the geometry about oxygen.

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