11. This contradicts a common textbook assertion that the p orbitals would be unable sustain such a bond. 12. The p orbital consists of six lobed shapes coming off a central point at evenly spaced angles. 13. However other models describe the bonding using only s and p orbitals in agreement with the octet rule. 14. First, the total amount of s and p orbital contributions must be equivalent before and after hybridisation. 15. However to imagine that the unpaired electron is somehow confined to the a p orbitals is of dubious merit. 16. I mean, it seems to come down to an argument that p orbitals are " not real ". 17. You could use two p orbitals and a sp orbtial ( per atom )-that seems like an obvious choice. 18. The p orbital can hold a maximum of six electrons, hence there are six columns in the p-block. 19. The " n " p orbitals if any that remain non-bonding still exceed the valence of the complex. 20. P-block elements are unified by the fact that their valence electrons ( outermost electrons ) are in the p orbital .
