Molecular Geometry

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• How do I determine the bond angle in a molecule?
• Question #b4967
• Question #2a64e
• Question #b496f
• Question #cf5ac
• What is the molecular shape of #SCl_2#?
• Which of the following molecules has a dipole moment? CCl4, H2S, CO2, BCl3, Cl2
• Why is molecular geometry important?
• How can I draw the Lewis dot structure for BeF2?
• What are the rules of valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR)?
• What is the molecular geometry of BCl3? Draw its VSEPR and Lewis structure.
• How can I relate molecular geometry with the type of hybridisation?
• How can I predict molecular geometry?
• What is the molecular geometry of PBr5? Draw its VSEPR and Lewis structure.
• What is the molecular geometry of CCl4? Draw its VSEPR and Lewis structure.
• What is the molecular geometry of SI6? Draw its VSEPR and Lewis structure.
• How can I find the molecular geometry of a compound?
• What is the molecular geometry of #"H"_2"O"#? Draw its VSEPR structure.
• How can I determine molecular geometry from the Lewis structure?
• How does the molecular geometry of water affect its properties?
• How can I predict the bond angles for #"TeCl"_4# ?
• How can I predict the bond angles for #IF_4""^(-)#?
• How does molecular geometry affect bond angles?
• How does molecular geometry affect the melting point of an organic compound?
• How does molecular geometry affect the boiling point?
• How does bonding affect molecular geometry?
• How can I predict the bond angles for GeCl2?
• How can I determine molecular geometry?
• What are some common mistakes students make with molecular geometry?
• What is molecular geometry?
• Question #22b26
• What is the molecular geometry of AsCl3 ? A) tetrahedral B) trigonal pyramidal C) trigonal planar D) T-shaped
• What geometric arrangement of charge clouds is expected for an atom that has five charge clouds ? A) tetrahedral B) trigonal bipyramidal C) octahedral D) square planar
• What is the molecular geometry of BrF4- ? A) square planar B) square pyramidal C) seesaw D) tetrahedral
• Question #e029f
• Question #b726c
• Question #6bda6
• Question #ed8c1
• What is the molecular geometry of the CS2 molecule?
• Question #5a652
• Question #48cf9
• Why benzene molecule is planar?
• Why is methane a tetrahedral?
• What is a tetrahedral?
• Why is #"BrF"_4^(-)# square planar, whereas #"BF"_4^(-)# is tetrahedral?
• The molecular geometry of water is tetrahedral, but its molecular shape is bent. Is this contradictory?
• Is ethene tetrahedral sp3 or planar?
• What is an example of a tetrahedral bent molecule other than water?
• How is cubane synthesized? Which atom could I call the central atom to determine the molecular geometry?
• Do double bonds affect bond angle?
• What is the shape of SF4 (including bond angles)?
• #BeCl_2# and #TeCl_2# are both covalent molecules, yet #BeCl_2# is linear while #TeCl_2# is bent. Why?
• For a given molecule, it electronic geometry equivalent to molecular geometry?
• What is the molecular shape for both #NF_3# and #XeCl_4#?
• What is the molecular geometry around an atom that has 2 #sigma# bonds, 2 #pi# bonds, and 0 lone pair of electrons?
• What is the molecular geometry of a diatomic molecule?
• What is the molecular geometry of a nitrogen molecule, #"N"_2# ?
• What ring size is stable? How can I tell if it should be planar?
• What is the geometry of methane?
• What is the molecular shape of a molecule that has three electron pairs in which two pairs are shared and one is an unshared pair?
• Question #3bc00
• What is the molecular shape of phosphorus trichloride (#PCl_3#)? What are the bond angles in this molecule?
• The number of geometric isomers that can exist for square planar [Pt (Cl) (py) (NH3) (NH2OH)]+ is (py = pyridine) :?
• What is the molecular geometry, or shape, of chloroform #CHCl_3#?
• The attachment of a fluoride ion to the boron in #BF_3#, through a coordinate covalent bond, creates the #BF_4-# ion. What is the geometric shape of this ion?
• What is the shape of a water molecule?
• What is the molecular geometry of #SbCl_3#?
• What is the molecular shape of a silane molecule, #SiH_4#?
• What is the molecular shape of a hydrogen sulfide molecule, #H_2S#?
• Write the Hamiltonian for the lithium atom?
• How do I calculate the average kinetic energy using the equipartition theorem?
• Question #c1e73
• Which of the following molecule and geometry combinations is incorrect?
• What is the electron pair/molecular geometry of XeF4?
• What is the electron geometry of xenon tetrafluoride XeF4?
• Why is XeF4 molecule shape a square planer?
• What is the molecular shape of methane (#CH_4#)?
• If two atoms are bonded to a central atom with no lone pairs, how will they be arranged?
• What would cause the shape of a molecule to be tetrahedral?
• What is the molecular geometry of a molecule with 2 outer atoms and 1 lone pair on the central atom?
• What is #XeF_4#'s molecular shape?
• How do the bond angles compare for #"ClO"_2#, #"ClO"_2^(-)#, and #"Cl"_2"O"#? Explain why.
• The electron pair geometry of a molecule is tetrahedral. What is its bond angle if it shows one lone pair of electrons and three bonding pairs?
• What is the bond angle in a tetrahedral molecule?
• What is the shape of water?
• How do you determine if a molecule is linear?
• How would you predict the ideal bond angle(s) around each central atom in this molecule?
• Question #11c25
• Question #2bcc3
• What is the electron geometry if you have 4 electron groups around the center atom?
• What are the electron geometry and the molecular geometry of water?
• What kind of geometry does #H_2S# have?
• What kind of geometry does #SiO_2# have?
• What is the molecular structure of #H_2O# ?
• How many of the following molecules possess dipole moments : #BH_3, CH_4, PCl_5, H_20, HF, H_2#?
• Question #e946d
• Question #75b36
• What is the electron geometry and molecular geometry for #CH_4#?
• What is the electron geometry and molecular geometry for #"BeCl"_2"#?
• What is the electron geometry and molecular geometry for # SCl_2#?
• What is the molecular geometry of #SO_3^(2-)#?
• What is the molecular geometry of #ICl_5#?
• What is the molecular geometry of #H_2S#?
• How can you tell if two atoms are in the same plane?
• Question #a52ec
• Why is ammonia #NH_3# pyramidal and not trigonal planar (flat)?
• How do you determine if a molecule has a symmetrical shape?
• What is the molecular geometry of the #BCl_3# molecule?
• What is the angle between two of the carbon-chlorine bonds in the carbon tetrachloride (#C CI_4# molecule)?
• What is the angle between the carbon-oxygen bonds in the carbonate (#CO_3^(2-)#) ion?
• What is the angle between the carbon-chlorine bonds in the phosgene (#COCl_2#), molecule?
• What is the angle between the carbon-oxygen bonds in the carbon dioxide, #CO_2#, molecule?
• How does the electronic and geometric structure differ between the ozone and water molecules?
• What word or two-word phrase describes the shape of the formaldehyde (#CH_2O#) molecule?
• What is the shape of a molecule that has three single covalent bonds and one lone pair on the central atom?
• In molecules, is hydrogen always a terminal atom?
• What type of lattice structure would be seen in solid #SiO_# and in #SiCl_4# and explain the difference in melting points in terms of bonding and structure?
• How would you draw the chloroform molecule (#CHCl_3#)?
• What is a single carbon molecule?
• What is the electron geometry (eg), molecular geometry (mg), and polarity of #SO_3#?
• Question #75709
• Question #def22
• How do we describe the #"electronic geometry"# with respect to #SBr_2#? #(a)# #"bent"#; #(b)# #"trigonal planar"#; #(c)# #"tetrahedral"#; #(d)# #"octahedral"#?
• What molecular geometry do you have if you have one lone pair and two bonding electron groups?
• Question #cda90
• How are molecular shapes determined?
• What is the structure of the compound formed when #Ne# dissolves in concentrated sulfuric acid?
• What is the molecular geometry of the #PF_3# molecule?
• The #PH_3# molecule can be represented in a tetrahedral arrangement similar to #NH_3#. How does one #PH_3# molecule interact with other #PH_3# molecules?
• What is the molecular geometryof the #CHCl_3# molecule?
• The R group for serine is #-CH_2-OH#. In the ionized form, serine has what structural formula?
• How do you find the geometry of #SiH_4# using the VSEPR method?
• How do you find the geometry of #TeCl_4# using the VSEPR method?
• What the molecular shape geometry of #CHClO#?
• An atom of a particular element is essentially unreactive. What can you say about its atomic structure?
• Based upon your knowledge of molecular structure, why doesn't hydrogen dissolve in water?
• Which particle diagram represents a sample containing the compound #CO_2#? How do you determine this?
• The four single bonds of a carbon atom in #CH_4# are directed toward the corners of what shape?
• How is #"sulfur dioxide"# represented by VESPER? What is the shape of the molecule?
• What properties make polymers useful?
• Compounds containing the ammonium ion are often used as fertilizers. What is the geometry of an ammonium ion (#NH_4^+#)?
• Question #d6c96
• The charge clouds both methane, #CH_4#, and ammonia, #NH_3#, are arranged in a tetrahedral geometry. Why are the bond angles in methane 109.5 degrees while the bond angles in ammonia are 107.3 degrees?
• How many carbon atoms are in molecules of propane?
• What is the O-S-O bond angle in a #SO_3# molecule?
• How do you determine the molecular geometry of the molecule #BeCl_2#?
• How do you draw a heptane molecule?
• What is the electronic and molecular geometry of #"dimethyl ether"#?
• Why can graphite conduct electricity but diamonds cannot?
• How would the molecular (microscopic) level of salt and sugar look when dissolved in water?
• What is the general structure of an ether?
• How are the atoms arranged in the compound #CO_2#?
• What are the dinerences between electron domain geometry and molecular geometry?
• In the three-dimensional structure of methane, CH4, where are the hydrogen atoms attached to a carbon atom aligned?
• Question #87211
• Why are the bond angles in ammonia not #109.5^@#?
• What is the VESPER treatment of ammonia gas?
• How would you predict the ideal bond angle(s) around each central atom in this molecule?
• What are the ideal bond angle(s) around each central atom in this molecule?
• Question #988ef
• In the Lewis dot structure for #NH_3#, the central atom of the molecule has three atoms bonded to it and one lone pair of electrons. What is the shape of an #NH_3# molecule?
• Question #75a19
• Would the #PF_2^+# molecule be trigonal planar or bent?
• Question #5897b
• Why isn't allene planar?
• What's the geometry of the #Ag_8GeS_6# molecule?
• How compound carbon tetrachloride?
• What is the angle between electron groups in the tetrahedral geometry?
• Question #c7810
• What is the geometry of the #"manganate ion"#, #MnO_4^(2-)#?
• What is the #/_O-Cl-O# in perchlorate anion, #ClO_4^(-)#, and what is the #"VSEPR"# treatment of the anion?
• Why is the electronic geometry of water molecule tetrahedral, but we describe its geometry as #"bent"#?
• Determine the symmetry elements and point groups of #"NF"_3#, #"NClF"_2#, and #"NBrClF"#. What symmetry elements are lost as we descend from #"NF"_3# to #"NCl"_2"F"# and then to #"NBrClF"#?
• Draw the shape of the #ClF_2^+# ion, including any lone pairs, and name the shape made by the atoms? Predict the bond angle in the ion?
• How to find bond angle of NH3,(BF4)-?