Molecular Geometry
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Shinzura on October 31, 2010
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Different bond angles. If anyone can find a good place with sketches of these, I'd incorporate them, but for now I have to say "# 'B's attached to A" and "# pairs of spare electrons"
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English | Math / Symbols |
|---|---|
 linear (sp) | # 'B's attached to A: 1 or 2 # pairs of spare electrons: 0 angle(s) between bonds: 180 |
| trigonal planar (sp2) | # 'B's attached to A: 3 # pairs of spare electrons: 0 angle(s) between bonds: 120 |
| bent (sp2) | # 'B's attached to A: 2 # pairs of spare electrons: 1 angle(s) between bonds: 120 |
| tetrahedral (sp3) | # 'B's attached to A: 4 # pairs of spare electrons: 0 angle(s) between bonds: 109.5 |
| trigonal pyramidal (sp3) | # 'B's attached to A: 3 # pairs of spare electrons: 1 angle(s) between bonds: 107.3 |
| bent (sp3) | # 'B's attached to A: 2 # pairs of spare electrons: 2 angle(s) between bonds: 104.5 |
| trigonal bipyramidal (dsp3) | # 'B's attached to A: 5 # pairs of spare electrons: 0 angle(s) between bonds: 90 & 120 |
| see-saw (dsp3) | # 'B's attached to A: 4 # pairs of spare electrons: 1 angle(s) between bonds: 90 & 120 |
| T-shaped (dsp3) | # 'B's attached to A: 3 # pairs of spare electrons: 2 angle(s) between bonds: 90 & 120 |
| linear (dsp3) | # 'B's attached to A: 2 # pairs of spare electrons: 3 angle(s) between bonds: 90 & 120 |
| octohedral (d2sp3) | # 'B's attached to A: 6 # pairs of spare electrons: 0 angle(s) between bonds: 90 |
| square pyramidal (d2sp3) | # 'B's attached to A: 5 # pairs of spare electrons: 1 angle(s) between bonds: 90 |
| square planar (d2sp3) | # 'B's attached to A: 4 # pairs of spare electrons: 2 angle(s) between bonds: 90 |
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