0
A molecule having four total electron groups around the central atom has three bonding electron groups and one nonbonding electron group what is its molecular structure?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
trigonal pyramidal
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Draw a Lewis structure for CH2Br2 and answer the question of how many nonbonding electrons are there in this molecule?
The carbon is in the middle; this is a tetrahedral shape, and there are zero lone pairs.
Explain how the VSEPR theory can be used to predict the shapes of molecules?
Valence electron pairs will move as far apart from each other as possible. (Apex)
What is molecular ion?
When an atom loses or gains an electron, it forms an ion. Similarly if a molecule also lose or gain an electron it forms a molecular ion ,e.g CH4+ CO+ etc.
What does a 3d model of the molecular structure of HONO?
A trigonal planar structure. (Flat) The molecule can be laid flat on a table.
What term describes the arrangement of atoms within a molecule?
molecular structure
What is the difference between the arrangement of electron pairs and the shape of the molecules?
The shape of a molecule only describes the arrangement of bonds around a central atom. The arrangement of electron pairs describes how both the bonding and nonbonding electron pair are arranged. For example, in its molecular shape, a water molecule is describes as bent, with two hydrogen atoms bonded to an oxygen atom. However, the arrangement of electron pairs around the oxygen atom is tetrahedral as there are two bonding pairs (shared with the hydrogen) and also two nonbonding pairs.
What is the electron configuration?
The arrangement of the electrons in an atom is known as its electron configuration.
The electron geometry of a water molecule is even though the molecular geometry is bent?
The electron geometry of a water molecule is tetrahedral even though the molecular geometry is _____. Bent
Draw a Lewis structure for CH2Br2 and answer the question of how many nonbonding electrons are there in this molecule?
The carbon is in the middle; this is a tetrahedral shape, and there are zero lone pairs.
How do you determine the molecular geometry of a molecule?
The molecular geometry of a molecule can be determined using the VSEPR theory. VSEPR (Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion) Theory: The basic premise of this simple theory is that electron pairs (bonding and nonbonding) repel one another; so the electron pairs will adopt a geometry about an atom that minimizes these repulsions. Use the method below to determine the molecular geometry about an atom. Write the Lewis dot structure for the molecule. Count the number of things (atoms, groups of atoms, and lone pairs of electrons) that are directly attached to the central atom (the atom of interest) to determine the overall (electronic) geometry of the molecule. Now ignore the lone pairs of electrons to get the molecular geometry of the molecule. The molecular geometry describes the arrangement of the atoms only and not the lone pairs of electrons. If there are no lone pairs in the molecule, then the overall geometry and the molecular geometry are the same. If the overall geometry is tetrahedral, then there are three possibilities for the molecular geometry; if it is trigonal planar, there are two possibilities; and if it is linear, the molecular geometry must also be linear. The diagram below illustrates the relationship between overall (electronic) and molecular geometries. To view the geometry in greater detail, simply click on that geometry in the graphic below. Although there are many, many different geometries that molecules adopt, we are only concerned with the five shown below.
What is the molecular structure of is ice?
The molecular formula for dry ice is CO2. Its structure is approximated by a 120o angle, with 2 double bonds connecting each oxygen molecule to the carbon molecule. The molecular formula for dry ice is CO2. Its structure is approximated by a 120o angle, with 2 double bonds connecting each oxygen molecule to the carbon molecule.
How many pairs of nonbonding electrons are in an ammonia molecule?
1
Explain how the VSEPR theory can be used to predict the shapes of molecules?
Valence electron pairs will move as far apart from each other as possible. (Apex)
What is the molecular shape of a molecule that has two electron pairs in which both pairs are shared?
linear
What is a molecular formula?
The molecular formula specifies the actual number of atoms of each element in a molecule.
In a protein complex for the light reaction why is energy transferred from pigment molecule to pigment molecule to a special chlorophyll a molecule and eventually to the primary electron acceptor?
The molecular environment lets it boost an electron to a higher energy level and also to transfer the electron to another molecule
Give an exapmle molecule of an odd electron?
Nitric oxide (NO) is an example of a molecule with an odd electron. It has one unpaired electron in its molecular orbital diagram, making it a radical.
