Answer to Question #338653 in General Chemistry for Austine

Question

8.One of the first drugs to be approved for use in treatment of acquired immune deficiency

  syndrome (AIDS) was azidothymidine (AZT). Complete the Lewis structure for AZT.

    

a. How many carbon atoms are sp³ hybridized?    

b. How many carbon atoms are sp² hybridized?    

c. Which atom is sp hybridized? 

d. How many σ bonds are in the molecule? 

e. How many π bonds are in the molecule?

f. What is the N=N=N bond angle in the azide (–N₃) group?

g. What is the H–O–C bond angle in the side group attached to the five-membered ring?

h. What is the hybridization of the oxygen atom in the –CH₂OH group? 

Answer 1

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