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CH2Cl2, or dichloromethane has a distorted tetrahedral shape caused by the larger masses of the chlorine atoms compared to the hydrogen atoms. The bond angles between the hydrogen atoms is 112 degrees and 108 degrees between the chlorine atoms.
This is the maximum distance the atoms can be placed away from each other. If you change any of the angles, some of the atoms will be closer together and will experience steric repulsions. By placing the atoms 109.5 degrees apart, you minimize steric repulsions and free energy. ------------------------------------------------------ Edit (AY12345): You know the shape of the molecule. Draw it out. Use a little trigonometry, and the angles can be calculated mathematically.
The molecule of iodine heptafluoride has a bi-pyramidal pentagonal shape. All of the F-I-F angles between two fluorine atoms in axial and equatorial planes are equivalent to 90 degrees. Therefore there is five of them.
120 degrees
Anything with six electron groups, keep in mind an electron group is a bonded atom or an electron pair, is an octahedral. Anything in an octahedral and a lone pair is the square pyramidal geometry. So all angles between the atoms are a little less than 90 degrees and the angle of the electron pair is greater than 90.
The angles between lead and sulfur atoms in lead sulfide (PbS) are approximately 90 degrees due to the crystal structure of the compound.
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Sulfur trioxide has a trigonal planar molecular shape. The sulfur atom is surrounded by three oxygen atoms, with the bond angles between them approximately at 120 degrees.
The structure of SO2 is a bent molecule with a central sulfur atom bonded to two oxygen atoms. The bond angle between the sulfur and oxygen atoms is approximately 119 degrees.
CH2Cl2, or dichloromethane has a distorted tetrahedral shape caused by the larger masses of the chlorine atoms compared to the hydrogen atoms. The bond angles between the hydrogen atoms is 112 degrees and 108 degrees between the chlorine atoms.
The F-S-Cl bond angles in SFCl5 are approximately 90 degrees. This is due to the square pyramidal geometry of the molecule, where the five chlorine atoms surround the central sulfur atom in a trigonal bipyramidal arrangement with a lone pair on the sulfur.
A sulfur molecule contains many sulfur atoms. These atoms combined together to form sulfur molecule i.e. S8.
A sulfur molecule contain more atoms.
A sulfur molecule contain more atoms.
The SO2 angle refers to the angle between the sulfur atom and the two oxygen atoms in a molecule of sulfur dioxide. The molecular structure of sulfur dioxide is bent or V-shaped, with a bond angle of approximately 120 degrees. This bent shape is due to the repulsion between the lone pairs of electrons on the oxygen atoms, causing the molecule to adopt a non-linear geometry.
The relationship between molecular geometry and O2 bond angles is that the molecular geometry of O2 is linear, meaning that the bond angle between the two oxygen atoms is 180 degrees.
The formula for the compound formed between aluminum and sulfur atoms is Al2S3. This is because aluminum typically forms a 3+ cation, while sulfur forms a 2- anion, resulting in a compound with a 2:3 ratio of aluminum to sulfur atoms.