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What circumstances is the molecular geometry around a central atom the same as the electron group geometry around the central atom?
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What The three-dimensional arrangement of electron groups around the central atom is called what?
three dimensional arrangement of atoms electron-group geometry
What is the molecular geometry around the central atom of a phosphorous trifloride molecule?
tigonal pyramidal
What is the Molecular geometry of CO?
This is a linear molecule.
What is the molecular geometry of a molecule with 3 outer atoms and 2 lone pair on the central atom?
trigonal planar
What is the number of lone pairs around the central atom and the molecular geometry of scl2?
angular with 109.5 degree
What is the electron pair geometry around the central atom of SeF6?
electron pair geometry: octahedral molecular geometry: octahedral
How do you determine the type of hybridization of the central atom by relating it to the molecular geometry?
check valence electron
If all of the electron groups around a central atom are bonding groups (that is there are no lone pairs) what is the molecular geometry for two electron groups?
linear
What determines the molecular geometry of a molecule?
Consider: Number of bonding domains on the central atom Number of non-bonding electron pairs (lone pairs) on the central atom
What is the electron-domain geometry of PF6?
The electron-domain geometry of PF6 is Octahedral, since the central atom Phosphorus has an electron pair geometry which is octahedral
What is the electron pair geometry for so3?
The molecular geometry of the AsO2- ion is bent (because of the lone electron pair with the central arsenic atom, making the O-As-O bond angle very obtuse) but its electron domain geometry is trigonal planar because there are three domains, with a 120 deg. angle between them.
Molecular geometry of sif4?
Silicon Tetrafluoride has a tetrahedral molecular geometry. That means there are 4 F atoms around the central atom Si.
How do you determine the molecular geometry of a molecule?
The molecular geometry of a molecule can be determined using the VSEPR theory. VSEPR (Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion) Theory: The basic premise of this simple theory is that electron pairs (bonding and nonbonding) repel one another; so the electron pairs will adopt a geometry about an atom that minimizes these repulsions. Use the method below to determine the molecular geometry about an atom. Write the Lewis dot structure for the molecule. Count the number of things (atoms, groups of atoms, and lone pairs of electrons) that are directly attached to the central atom (the atom of interest) to determine the overall (electronic) geometry of the molecule. Now ignore the lone pairs of electrons to get the molecular geometry of the molecule. The molecular geometry describes the arrangement of the atoms only and not the lone pairs of electrons. If there are no lone pairs in the molecule, then the overall geometry and the molecular geometry are the same. If the overall geometry is tetrahedral, then there are three possibilities for the molecular geometry; if it is trigonal planar, there are two possibilities; and if it is linear, the molecular geometry must also be linear. The diagram below illustrates the relationship between overall (electronic) and molecular geometries. To view the geometry in greater detail, simply click on that geometry in the graphic below. Although there are many, many different geometries that molecules adopt, we are only concerned with the five shown below.
What The three-dimensional arrangement of electron groups around the central atom is called what?
three dimensional arrangement of atoms electron-group geometry
What is the electron pair geometry around the central atom of TEF6?
Octahedral
What is the molecular geometry around the central atom of a phosphorous trifloride molecule?
tigonal pyramidal
How many atoms are bonded to the central atom when the molecular geometry is T-shaped?
3
