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Example
Central atom?
Number of regions of high e
density
Formula
CO2
NH3
CH4
SO42-
Exercise
Identify the central atom (or
atoms) in each of the following
compounds or ions:
HCO3-; SiO2; SO2; Al(OH)4-; BeBr2;
(CH3)4Pb
Electronic Geometry
of High Electron
Description
Density
Angles
2
Line Drawing
linear
180o
trigonal planar
120o
tetrahedral
109.5o
trigonal bipyramidal
90, 120, 180o
octahedral;
90o; 180o
HCHO
Example
HF
CO2
H 2O
Exercise
Exercise
Which of the following molecules
are polar? Why?
CH4; CH3Br; CH2Br2; CHI3;CI4
High Electron
Electronic
Density
Geometry
of Central Atom
Linear
Trigonal planar
Tetrahedral
Trigonal bipyramidal
Octahedral
Hybridization
one s, one p
sp
sp2
sp3
sp3d
sp3d2
sp hybridization
sp2 hybridization
sp3 hybridization
Compounds containing
double bonds
Sigma bond
Pi bond
STRUCTURE OF C2H4:
sp2 HYBRIDZATION
One 2p orbital is
left unhybridized
A model for the bonding molecular orbitals of ethane formed from two
sp2-hybridized carbon atoms and four hydrogen atoms
Compounds containing
triple bonds
STRUCTURE OF ETHYNE
sp HYBRIDZATION
Exercise
Exercise