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What is the hybridization of oxygen in the molecule H2O?

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The hybridization of oxygen in the H2O molecule is sp3. In H2O, oxygen has two lone pairs and two bond pairs, making a total of four electron domains. This corresponds to an sp3 hybridization, where one s orbital and three p orbitals combine to form four sp3 hybrid orbitals.
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