Chemical Bonding II:: Molecular Geometry
Chemical Bonding II:: Molecular Geometry
Chemical Bonding II:: Molecular Geometry
Molecular Geometry
Chapter 10
Valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) model:
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0 lone pairs on central atom
Cl Be Cl
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VSEPR
# of atoms # lone
bonded to pairs on Arrangement of Molecular
Class central atom central atom electron pairs Geometry
AB2 2 0 linear linear
tetrahedral tetrahedral
AB4 4 0
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VSEPR
# of atoms # lone
bonded to pairs on Arrangement of Molecular
Class central atom central atom electron pairs Geometry
AB2 2 0 linear linear
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VSEPR
# of atoms # lone
bonded to pairs on Arrangement of Molecular
Class central atom central atom electron pairs Geometry
AB2 2 0 linear linear
trigonal trigonal
AB5 5 0 bipyramidal bipyramidal
octahedral octahedral
AB6 6 0
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• Lone Pairs have more
repulsion then bonding
pairs.
• When a lone Pair is on the
central atom, the bond
angle decreases.
bonding-pair vs. bonding lone-pair vs. bonding lone-pair vs. lone pair
pair repulsion < pair repulsion < repulsion
VSEPR
# of atoms # lone
bonded to pairs on Arrangement of Molecular
Class central atom central atom electron pairs Geometry
trigonal planar trigonal planar
AB3 3 0
trigonal planar
bent
AB2E 2 1
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VSEPR
# of atoms # lone
bonded to pairs on Arrangement of Molecular
Class central atom central atom electron pairs Geometry
tetrahedral
trigonal
AB3E 3 1 pyramidal
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VSEPR
# of atoms # lone
bonded to pairs on Arrangement of Molecular
Class central atom central atom electron pairs Geometry
trigonal
AB3E 3 1 tetrahedral pyramidal
H H
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VSEPR
# of atoms # lone
bonded to pairs on Arrangement of Molecular
Class central atom central atom electron pairs Geometry
trigonal trigonal
AB5 5 0 bipyramidal bipyramidal
trigonal
4 1 See-Saw
AB4E bipyramidal
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VSEPR
# of atoms # lone
bonded to pairs on Arrangement of Molecular
Class central atom central atom electron pairs Geometry
trigonal trigonal
AB5 5 0 bipyramidal bipyramidal
trigonal distorted
AB4E 4 1 bipyramidal tetrahedron
trigonal
AB3E2 3 2 bipyramidal T-shaped
F
F Cl
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VSEPR
# of atoms # lone
bonded to pairs on Arrangement of Molecular
Class central atom central atom electron pairs Geometry
trigonal trigonal
AB5 5 0 bipyramidal bipyramidal
trigonal distorted
AB4E 4 1 bipyramidal tetrahedron
trigonal
AB3E2 3 2 bipyramidal T-shaped
trigonal linear
AB2E3 2 3 bipyramidal
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VSEPR
# of atoms # lone
bonded to pairs on Arrangement of Molecular
Class central atom central atom electron pairs Geometry
Br
F F
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VSEPR
# of atoms # lone
bonded to pairs on Arrangement of Molecular
Class central atom central atom electron pairs Geometry
square
AB5E 5 1 octahedral
pyramidal
square
octahedral
AB4E2 4 2 planar
F F
Xe
F F
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Predicting Molecular Geometry
1. Draw Lewis structure for molecule.
2. Count number of lone pairs and number of atoms
bonded to the central atom.
3. Use VSEPR to predict the geometry of the
molecule.
Examples: F SF4
O S O AB4E
F S F
SO2 distorted
AB2E F Tetrahedron
bent / See-Saw
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Examples
• CCl4
• SCl4
• CH3COOH