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Molecular GeometryChemistry Mrs. Deiseroth
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Molecular Geometry
• the 3-D arrangement of a molecule’s atoms in space
• the polarity of each bond, along with the geometry of the molecule, determines molecular polarity, or the uneven distribution of molecular charge
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Molecular Geometry
• molecular polarity strongly influences the forces that act between molecules in liquids and solids
• a chemical formula reveals little information about a molecule’s geometry
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Molecular Geometry
• chemist’s (after several tests to reveal the shapes of various molecules) developed two different, equally successful theories to explain certain aspects of their findings– one theory accounts for molecular bond
angles– one theory is used to describe the orbitals that
contain the valence electrons of a molecule’s atoms
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Introduction to the VSEPR Theory
• diatomic molecules must be linear because they consist of only two atoms
• to predict the geometries of more-complicated molecules, one must consider the locations of all electron pairs surrounding the bonded atoms
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Introduction to the VSEPR Theory• VSEPR – stands for “valence-shell,
electron-pair repulsion” – referring to the repulsion between pairs of valence electrons of the atoms in a molecule
• VSEPR theory – states that repulsion between the sets of valence-level electrons surrounding an atom causes these sets to be oriented as far apart as possible
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Introduction to the VSEPR Theory
• Let’s look at the simple molecule BeF2 (beryllium does not follow the octet rule)
• Let’s look at the Lewis structure
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Introduction to the VSEPR Theory
• the beryllium atom forms a covalent bond with each fluorine atom, it is surrounded by only the two electron pairs that it shares with the fluorine atoms
• according to VSEPR the shared pairs are oriented as far away from each other as possible
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Introduction to the VSEPR Theory
• the distance between electron pairs is maximized if the bonds to fluorine are on opposite sides of the beryllium atom, 180°– the three atoms lie on a straight line –
the molecule is linear
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How do we use VSEPR?
• we represent the central atom in a molecule by the letter A
• we represent the atoms bonded to the central atoms by the letter B– So, BeF2 is an example of an AB2
molecule, which is linear
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How do we use VSEPR?
• B can represent a single type of atom, a group of identical atoms, or a group of different atoms on the same molecule– the shape of the molecule will still be
based on the forms given in the table– different sized of B groups distort the
bond angles, making some bond angles larger or smaller than those given in the table
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How do we use VSEPR?
- let’s look over table 6-5
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How do we use VSEPR?
- Examples
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VSEPR and Unshared Electron Pairs
- ammonia and water are examples of molecules in which the central atom has both shared and unshared electron pairs
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VSEPR and Unshared Electron Pairs
• How does VSEPR theory account for the geometries of these molecules?– VSEPR theory says that the lone pair
occupies space around the atom just as bonding pairs do
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VSEPR and Unshared Electron Pairs• lone pairs do occupy space, but our
description of the observed shape of a molecule refers to the positions of atoms only (so lone pair, do not count as a B, but as an E)
• lets look at nitrogen and water again– AB3E– AB2E2
• look at the difference in bond angles, when there are lone pair electrons
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VSEPR – Multiple Bonds and Polyatomic Ions
• double and triple bonds are treated in the same way as single bonds
• polyatomic ions are treated similarly to molecules
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VSEPR - Note
• Remember to consider all of the electron pairs present in any ion or molecule
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