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There are two possible structures for a square planar molecule with a formula of AX3Y. In one structure, the Y atom is in the center and the three X atoms are arranged around it. In the other structure, one of the X atoms is in the center and the Y atom and the other two X atoms are arranged around it.
The answer is four. The molecular formula of any element or compund gives you the number of atoms of each element in a molecule. For phosphorus the most common form is P4 . The molecules are tetrahedral with a P atom at each apex.
2 structures are possible for a tetrahedral molecule with a formula of AHXYZ.
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There are two different structures possible in an octahedral molecule with a formula of AX3Y3. The two structures are with each substituent atom in one plane of symmetry according to type, or having 2 in one and the other out.
There are two possible structures for a square planar molecule with a formula of AX3Y. In one structure, the Y atom is in the center and the three X atoms are arranged around it. In the other structure, one of the X atoms is in the center and the Y atom and the other two X atoms are arranged around it.
Two are possible. One has the two Y's next to each other, and the other has them on opposite sides of the central atom.
In the linear configuration, the bond dipoles cancel. Thus, the configurations of molecules with a bond dipole must be tetrahedral and linear respectively.
There's only one. It doesn't matter where you put the Y, you can transform it to any of the other positions by just rotating the molecule, so they're all the same structure. There are two possible structures for AX4Y2, because the Ys can either be next to each other or on opposite sides of the central atom, but for AX5Y there's only one.
The answer is four. The molecular formula of any element or compund gives you the number of atoms of each element in a molecule. For phosphorus the most common form is P4 . The molecules are tetrahedral with a P atom at each apex.
No. The individual bonds are polar, but the molecule as a whole is symmetric and therefore nonpolar.
depends, an Empirical formula will always (by definition) show the ratio in which atoms are combined within a molecule. a molecular formula on the other hand shows the number of atoms of each element in a molecule, the only exceptions being massive structures, crystal latices and where a molecular formula cannot be produced and is either given in the form n*(empirical formula) or just the empirical formula. do note however that reference to a formula of a molecule usually refer to the molecular formula except in the exceptions listed above.