Question

Methionine, ch3sch2ch2ch(nh2)co2h, is an amino acid found in proteins. draw a lewis structure of this compound. what is the hybridization type of each carbon, oxygen, the nitrogen, and the sulfur?

Answer 1

hybridization is defined as mixing up of the atomic orbital with nearly same energies according to linear combination of atomic orbitals. the orbitals formed are equal in energy and are called hybrid orbitals .