Why are double bonds only considered to consist of one pi-bond and one sigma-bond? Shouldn’t there be one pi-bond at the “bottom p-orbital” and one at the “top p-orbital”? Also, why is the pz-orbital commonly drawn vertical (shouldn’t that be the py-orbital, and the px horizontal?)

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[pi-bond](https://socratic.org/questions/what-does-a-pi-bond-consist-of)

It looks like there are two pi-bonds in the picture.

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Your question seems to indicate that you don’t need an “ELI5” answer, so forgive me if that’s an incorrect assumption.

https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_Chemistry/Book%3A_Introductory_Chemistry_(CK-12)/09%3A_Covalent_Bonding/9.20%3A_Sigma_and_Pi_Bonds