VSEPR Flashcards
What are the electron region geometries (5)
Linear trigonal planar tetrahedral trigonal bipyramidal octahedral
How many electron regions does a linear molecule have?
what is the angle?
2, 180
How many electron regions does a trigonal planar molecule have?
what is the angle?
3, 120
How many electron regions does tetrahedral molecule have?
what is the angle?
4, 109
How many electron regions does trigonal bipyramidal molecule have?
what is the angle?
5, 90&120
How many electron regions does a octrhedral molecule have?
what is the angle?
6, 90
What molecular shapes does a linear molecule have?
1
1.linear
how many bonds does a linear molecule have?
2bonds 0 LP’s
What molecular shapes does a trigonal planar molecule have?
2
bent
trigonal planar
How many bonds does a bent molecule have?
Trigonal planar?
Bent-2bonds, 1LP
Trigonal planar- 3 bonds, 0LP
What molecular shapes does tetrahedral molecule have?
3
bent
trigonal pyramidal
tetrahedral
How many bonds does a tetrahedral molecule have? bent? trigonal pyramidal?
TH- bonds=4 LP’s=0
TP- Bonds=3 LP’s=1
B- bonds=2 LP’s=2
What molecular shapes does a trigonal bipyramidal molecule have?
(4)
linear
Tshape
seesaw
trigonal bipyramidal
How many bonds does a tshape molecule have?
Seesaw? Linear? Trigonal bipyramidal?
TShape= Bonds-3 LP’s=2
linear= bonds=2 LP’s=3
seesaw= bonds=4 LP’s=1
TBP- bonds=5 LP’s=0
What molecular shapes does a octahedral molecule have?
3
square planar
square pyramidal
octahedral