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It is known that allene (propadiene) $\ce{H2C=C=CH2}$ geometry is such that its hydrogen atoms are not in the same plane – do not form rectangle, but “extended tetrahedron”

allene structure

I wonder if structurally analogous carbon dioxide $\ce{O=C=O}$ exhibit similar geometry, i.e. do its lone electron pair orbitals form extended tetrahedron as well (IUPAC officers probably would not like following structure diagram)

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or are they in the same plane? And why?

mykhal
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    AFAIK, neither. Oxygens are probably sp hybridised - this stuff with el. pairs is tricky. – Mithoron Dec 31 '19 at 19:49
  • @Mithoron Well, what's then your proposal of its Lewis formula? I bet they are sp² hybridized, like in oxo group in organics. – mykhal Dec 31 '19 at 20:02
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    It has nothing to do with Lewis formula. You assume lone pairs have to be identical, but it's not true. Martin could elaborate more about this stuff. – Mithoron Dec 31 '19 at 20:10
  • https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/50906/are-the-lone-pairs-in-water-equivalent – Mithoron Dec 31 '19 at 20:19
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