Thanks Bob, You are correct. A quick web search shows that the ketene oxygen appears to be less negative than in formaldehyde and acrolein. With a publication that describes this, comparison of ketene and acrolein in Jmol with hybridized orbitals is a nice little model kit exercise.
Otis -- Otis Rothenberger [email protected] http://chemagic.com > On Sep 20, 2015, at 9:50 PM, Robert Hanson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm pretty sure ketene's oxygen is sp hybridized in order to delocalize into > both (perpendicular) pi systems. > > You need > > load $ketene > select _O > lcaocartoon molecular "py" > lcaocartoon molecular "pz" > lcaocartoon molecular "spb" > > Bob >
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