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Which molecule has a tetrahedral arrangement of electron pairs but is not a tetrahedral molecule?
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Water
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What is the Molecule shape of CH4?
Molecular shape is tetrahedral.It has no lone pairs.
What are the three of the many possible shapes of molecules?
Without given a specific molecule there is not any way to determine the shape. Beryllium chloride consists of beryllium in the middle and a chlorine on each side, and is in the shape of a straight line.
How do you figure out what vsepr shape goes with each molecule?
VSEPR theory, valence shell electron pair theory. First determine the number of atoms, X, and electron pairs, E, around the central atom. Write these out as AXnEm Look up a list of the AXE shapes. Or better as you may not be give a list in the test, you can actually work these out yourself. The idea is that electron pair bonds and electron pairs repel each other simple examples are methane, CH4, AX4, tetrahedral bonds ammonia, AX3E, so tetrahedral bonds and pairs, but one position is a lone pair, atoms are trigonal. water AX2E2, tetrahedral bonds and pairs, two positions are lone pairs, so bent. See link for a reasonable write up.
Are electrons shared equally in NH3?
from wikipediaYESThe ammonia molecule has a trigonal pyramidal shape with a bond angle of 107.8°, as predicted by the valence shell electron pair repulsion theory (VSEPR theory). The central nitrogen atom has five outer electrons with an additional electron from each hydrogen atom. This gives a total of eight electrons, or four electron pairs that are arranged tetrahedrally. Three of these electron pairs are used as bond pairs, which leaves one lone pair of electrons. The lone pair of electrons repel more strongly than bond pairs, therefore the bond angle is not 109.5°, as expected for a regular tetrahedral arrangement, but is measured at 107.8°.
How do you draw an electron dot diagram of a water molecule?
The O in H2O has 2 bond pairs and 2 lone pairs(again, 4 total pairs). The electron pair orientation around O is tetrahedral. Two corners of the tetrahedron are "missing" because they are occupied by lone pairs, not atoms. The shape is called bent. The H-O-H bond angle is 104.4°.
What is the difference between the arrangement of electron pairs and the shape of the molecules?
The shape of a molecule only describes the arrangement of bonds around a central atom. The arrangement of electron pairs describes how both the bonding and nonbonding electron pair are arranged. For example, in its molecular shape, a water molecule is describes as bent, with two hydrogen atoms bonded to an oxygen atom. However, the arrangement of electron pairs around the oxygen atom is tetrahedral as there are two bonding pairs (shared with the hydrogen) and also two nonbonding pairs.
What is the Molecule shape of CH4?
Molecular shape is tetrahedral.It has no lone pairs.
Is CH4 a tatrahedral molecule?
Yes it is tetrahedral in shape.It has no lone pairs
What is shape of Cf4?
it is tetrahedral because in cf4 there are 4 pairs of valence electron and they all are bond pairs there are not any lone pair so it is 100% tetrahedral.
What is the molecular geometry of a methane (CH4) molecule?
Methane has a tetrahedral molecular geometry. It has 4 bonding pairs of electrons and no lone pairs.
In a tetrahedral molecule how many unshared pairs of valence electrons does the central atom have?
None
What type of electron pairs make a molecule a good donor?
the lone pair on electron like nh3 make molecule good donor.
What are the three of the many possible shapes of molecules?
Without given a specific molecule there is not any way to determine the shape. Beryllium chloride consists of beryllium in the middle and a chlorine on each side, and is in the shape of a straight line.
How do you determine the shape of molecules?
The shape of molecules is determined by the number of bonding and non-bonding electron pairs around the central atom. The VSEPR (Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion) theory is commonly used to predict molecular geometry based on electron pairs' repulsion. The arrangement of these electron pairs results in different molecular shapes such as linear, trigonal planar, tetrahedral, and more.
WHAT IS THE ELECTRON PAIR GEOMETRY OF AMMONIA?
It has a total of 4 electron pairs. Electron geometry is tetra hedaral.
What causes the shape of a molecule to be tetrahedral?
Four atoms bound to a central atom with no lone pairs
What shape would a molecule with two bound groups and two lone pairs have apex?
Tetrahedral
