CHE 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Trigonal Pyramidal Molecular Geometry, Electron Shell, Molecular Geometry

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Molecular geometry: valence shell electron pair repulsion, molecular polarity, hybridization, multiple bonds, summary. Lewis structures give electron arrangements which we will use to derive shapes. Bonding occurs through valence electrons that are attracted to the nuclei, but repel each other. How can electrons arrange to minimize repulsion: valence shell electron pair repulsion. Four pairs are tetrahedral; therefore, the atoms are trigonal pyramid. Four electron domains (2 bonding, 2 not bonding) Compare ch4, nh3, h2o four e- domains. Unshared pairs require a large space than do shared pairs (figure 9. 7) Bond polarity involves unequal sharing of an electron pair between two atoms. For a diatomic molecule bond polarity and molecular polarity are equivalent. The hf molecule has a dipole moment, a separation of positive and negative charge in the molecule. Such a molecule aligns with an electric field. The magnitude of the dipole moment depends on the amount of charge and the distance separating the positive and negative centers (debye).

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