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The lone pairs in a water molecule cause it to have which shape?
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V shaped, corner 105o at centered O atom
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How does the shape of the water molecule contribute to its solvent properties?
The cause is the polar character of water molecule.
How does electron repulsion determine molecule shape?
Because they push the bonding pairs down. For example in a water molecule, it has 2 lone pairs which push the 2 bonding pairs down to form a V-shaped molecule. Hope this helps
What is the shape of the H2O molecule?
WATER has 2 lone pairs so its HYBRIDIZATION comes out to be sp3so the shape is v-shape or bent shape
What shape would a molecule with two bound groups and two lone pair have?
A molecule with two bound groups and two lone pairs would have a bent or V-shape molecular geometry. This arrangement results in a bond angle less than 180 degrees between the two bound groups. An example of such a molecule is water (H2O).
Which molecule has a tetrahedral arrangement of electron pairs but is not a tetrahedral molecule?
Water
Does the water molecule have a bent geometry shape?
yes it does, because the oxygen contains lone pairs which makes the water molecule a bent geometry shape.
How does the shape of the water molecule contribute to its solvent properties?
The cause is the polar character of water molecule.
How does the shape of the water molecule contributes to its solvent properties?
The cause is the polar character of water molecule.
How does electron repulsion determine molecule shape?
Because they push the bonding pairs down. For example in a water molecule, it has 2 lone pairs which push the 2 bonding pairs down to form a V-shaped molecule. Hope this helps
What is the shape of the H2O molecule?
WATER has 2 lone pairs so its HYBRIDIZATION comes out to be sp3so the shape is v-shape or bent shape
Why do water molecules have bent shape and carbon dioxide molecules have a linear shape?
In a water molecule, there are two lone pairs of electrons connected to the oxygen. The lone pairs push the hydrogen atoms, creating a bent shape. In CO2, however, there are two double bonds and no lone electrons on the central atom, hence the molecule has a linear shape.
How would you describe the electron geometry around oxygen in water?
The water molecule has a 4 electron group, as the oxygen has two lone pairs. The two lone pairs are going to repulse the hydrogen atoms creating a bent shape for the water molecule.
What shape would a molecule with two bound groups and two lone pair have?
A molecule with two bound groups and two lone pairs would have a bent or V-shape molecular geometry. This arrangement results in a bond angle less than 180 degrees between the two bound groups. An example of such a molecule is water (H2O).
Which molecule has a tetrahedral arrangement of electron pairs but is not a tetrahedral molecule?
Water
What are the molecules has a bent shape?
Water molecules have a bent shape.
Why does water has a vent shape?
Because Oxygen in water firms two bond pairs of electrons with hydrogen and itself has two lone pair of electrons. Due to the repulsion between different pairs of electrons, those pairs are displaced in 3d space as far as possible with each other. Therefor if results of the bent shape of water molecule.
Which molecule has an asymmetrical shape?
water molecule
