Molecular Geometry

• What molecular shape is this?

  Answer: Linear

  Bond angle: 180 degrees

  
• What molecular shape is this?

  Answer: Trigonal Planar

  
• What is the bond angle of a Trigonal Planar?

  120 degrees

  
• What molecular shape is this?

  Answer: Tetrahedral

  Bond Angle: 109.5 degrees

  
• What molecular shape is this?

  Answer: Trigonal Bipyramidal

  Bond Angles in the Horizontal plane: 90 degrees

  Bond angles in the vertical plane: 120 degrees

  
• What molecular shape is this?

  Answer: Octahedral

  Bond angles on the vertical and horizontal plane: 90 degrees

  
• Basic Shapes:

  Linear (AB2)

  Trigonal Planar (AB3)

  Tetrahedral (AB4)

  Trigonal Bipyramidal (AB5)

  Octahedral (AB6)
• DERIVATIVE SHAPES:

  Trigonal Planar (AB3)

  • Bent (AB2E)
  • Tetrahedral (AB4)

  Trigonal Pyramidal (AB3E)

  • Bent (AB2E2)

  Trigonal Bipyramidal (AB5)

  • Seesaw (AB4E)
  • T-shaped (AB3E2)
  • Linear (AB2E3)

  Octahedral (AB6)

  • Square Pyramidal (AB5E)
  • Square Planar (AB4E2)
• What molecular shape is this?

  Answer: Seesaw

  
• What molecular shape is this?

  Answer: T-Shaped

  
• What molecular shape is this?

  Linear

  
• What molecular shape is this?

  Bent under Tetrahedral

  
• What molecular shape is this?

  Trigonal Pyramidal

  
• What molecular shape is this?

  Bent under Trigonal Planar

  
• What molecular shape is this?

  Square Pyramidal

  
• What molecular shape is this?

  Square Planar

  
• Identify the following:

  What is the molecular shape of both compounds: Bent

  Which compound has a wider bond angle: H2O

  Reason: O has a higher electronegativity than S

  
• This compound is what type of polarity?

  Nonpolar

  
• This compound is what type of polarity?

  Polar

  
• Polar bond

  Electrons are pulled more toward one atom.
• NONPOLAR BOND

  Electrons are shared equally between two atoms.
• What is the molecular geometry present?

  N = Trigonal Pyramidal

  C1 = Tetrahedral

  C2 = Trigonal Planar

  O = Bent

  
• What is the molecular geometry present?

  C = Tetrahedral

  N = Bent

  C = Bent