Two important industrial chemicals, ethane, C2H4, and propane, C3H6, are produced by the steam (or thermal) cracking process:
2C3H8(g) ? C2H4(g) + C3H6(g) + CH4(g) + H2(g)
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.