Chapter 5, Problem 14E

Two important industrial chemicals, ${\text{ethene, C}}_{\text{2}}{\text{H}}_{\text{4}}{\text{, and propene, C}}_{\text{3}}{\text{H}}_{\text{6}}$ , are produced by the steam (or thermal) cracking process;

${\text{2C}}_{\text{3}}{\text{H}}_{\text{8}}\left(\text{g}\right)\to {\text{C}}_{\text{2}}{\text{H}}_{\text{4}}\left(\text{g}\right){\text{ + C}}_{\text{3}}{\text{H}}_{\text{6}}\left(\text{g}\right){\text{ + CH}}_{\text{4}}\left(\text{g}\right){\text{ + H}}_{\text{2}}\left(\text{g}\right)$

For each of the four carbon compounds, do the following:

(a) Draw a Lewis structure.

(b) Predict the geometry about the carbon atom.

(c) Determine the hybridization of each type of carbon atom.