Monday 8 November 2010

Molecular shape structures - As far as an A level student needs to know.

Tetrahedral
(E.g. Methane CH4)
109 degrees apart.

Pyramidal
(E.g. Ammonia)
109 degrees apart.


Bent
(E.g. Water)
104 degrees apart.

Linear
(e.g. BeCl2)
180 degrees apart

Planar Triangular 
(E.g. BF3)
120 degrees apart, and two dimensional

Trigonal bipyramidal
(E.g. Phosphorus Pentachloride)
120, or 90 degrees apart

Octahedral
(E.g. Sulfur hexafluoride)
90 degrees apart on all planes.



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