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In a trigonal planar molecule such as formaldehyde what is the characteristic angle between atoms?
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∙ 13y ago
120 degrees
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What is CH2O molecular shape?
Trigonal Planar. The ideal angle between the carbon and oxygen bond is 120 degrees
What is the difference between molecular geometry and molecular structure?
Molecular geometry is the distances and angles between the each of the different atoms in the molecule. It is essentially the shape of the molecule.Molecular structure includes the shape of the molecule, but also much more, such as its electronic structure. This includes the nature of the bonding in the molecule (such as where there are single, double or triple bonds), the polarity of the molecule (if the electrons are spread out evenly throughout the molecule or if they are concentrated in particular areas, and if so, what areas), etc.
What is the difference between a decimeter than a diameter?
A decimetre is a metric unit for measuring distance. A diameter is a characteristic of a circle or similar shapes.
What model of hydrocarbon shows the geometry of the molecule?
Ball-and-Stick Model
Is carbon dioxide polar or non- polar?
It is a non-polar molecule. But it has polar covalent bonds between its atoms
What is the bond angle between the oxygen atoms in the carbon dioxide molecule?
Carbonate ion is in a trigonal planar shape (hint: sp2 hybridization)
Bond angle of NO2-?
The NO2 molecule is a bent molecule with a central nitrogen attached to two oxygen atoms. The bond angle between the N-O bonds is 134.30
Is arsenic pentafluoride polar?
No. The As-F bond dipoles, due to the difference in electronegativity between As and F, cancel each other out because of the symmetry of the molecule which is a trigonal bipyramid
What is a tetrahedral angle?
In a tetrahedral molecule the characteristic angle between atoms is 109,5 degrees.
The placement of the double bond goes between which two atoms in this formaldehyde molecule?
formaldehyde, methanal, H2C=O (There is only one possibility here in formaldehyde, because there is NEVER a double bond with a H-atom!, and that leaves only: between C and O) hydrogens are unable to have double bonds because the each only have a single electron to share. The above commenter is correct with the placement of the double bond.
What is N2O5 molecular shape?
So the overall shape of the molecule can be described as two trigonal planar nitro groups connected by a shared bent oxygen between them..or can say V-shape
What is the molecular geometry of nh3o?
This molecule has a linear shape and it is also important to note that it is polar.
Molecular shape of H2CO?
WATER has 2 lone pairs so its HYBRIDIZATION comes out to be sp3so the shape is v-shape or bent shape
What is the shape of COCL2?
Dichlorine monoxide is a flat inverted v-shaped molecule. The covalent bonds have a 110.9 degree angle between them with a 170 picometer bond length.
In a linear molecule such as a carbon dioxide what is the characteristic angle between atoms?
Linear molecules all have 180 degrees between atoms
What is the reaction between formaldehyde and sulfuric acid?
EEC tastey
What is the difference between PF3 and PF5 molecules?
The geometry is different and also reactivity. 2F more than on PF3 trigonal bipyramidal PF5 trigonal pyramidal PF3
