You have the right idea, thinking about sp2 vs the unhybridized p orbital. What makes you think that the increased s character would make the equatorial bonds longer, though?
You have the right idea, thinking about sp2 vs the unhybridized p orbital. What makes you think that the increased s character would make the equatorial bonds longer, though?
I was just thinking that sigma bonds made up of s orbitals are shorter than pi bonds. But looking at the orbitals themselves, s orbitals are smaller, so an increased s character would result in shorter bond lengths?