Molecular Shape (unit 2)

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Molecular Shape (unit 2) Molecules are three- dimensional objects that occupy a three-dimensional world; In general, only the smallest molecules can be said to have a fixed geometrical shape; the icosahedral C60 “soccer ball” is a rare exception.

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Molecular Shape (unit 2). Molecules are three-dimensional objects that occupy a three-dimensional world; In general, only the smallest molecules can be said to have a fixed geometrical shape; the icosahedral C60 “soccer ball” is a rare exception. Electron-pair repulsion. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Molecular Shape (unit 2)

Molecules are three-dimensional objects that occupy a three-

dimensional world; In general, only the smallest molecules can be said to have

a fixed geometrical shape; the icosahedral C60 “soccer ball” is a rare

exception.

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Electron-pair repulsion

• The valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) model focuses on the bonding and nonbonding electron pairs present in the outermost (“valence”) shell of an atom to which are connected two or more other atoms.

• The fundamental idea of VSEPR theory is that these regions of negative electric charge will repel each other, causing them (and thus the chemical bonds) to stay as far apart as possible.

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Linear molecules: AB2

• Ex: BeCl2 and CO2.

• -If you write out the electron dot formula for carbon dioxide, you will see that the C-O bonds are double bonds. This makes no difference to VSEPR theory; the central carbon atom is still joined to two other atom.

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Be

180°

180°

Be90°

270°

EPG

The shape of BeCl2 is linear.

BeCl2

TWO ELECTRON PAIRS AROUND BERYLLIUM ATOM

Cl Be Cl

THE MOLECULAR SHAPE IS BASED ON THE POSITION OF THE ATOMS!

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Trigonal planar: AB3

• In the molecule BF3, there are three regions of electron density extending out from the central boron atom. The repulsion between these will be at a minimum when the angle between any two is 120°. This requires that all four atoms be in the same plane; the resulting shape is called trigonal planar.

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B

120°

120°

120°

F F

F

B

THE SHAPE OF BF3 IS TRIGONAL PLANAR.

BF3 NO OCTET ON B !

THREE ELECTRON PAIRS AROUND THE BORON ATOM.

EPG MOLECULAR SHAPE

F B F

F

ATTACH FLOURINES TO EPG.

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Tetrahedral: AB4

• Methane, CH4, contains a carbon atom to which are connected four hydrogens. Consequently, the four equivalent bonds will point in four equivalent directions in three dimensions.

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CH4

H C H

H

HThere are four

electron pairs

around the

carbon atom.

90°

C

90° 90°

90°

BUT……….

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There is a better arrangement for four electron pairs:

109.5°

C

TETRAHEDRAL

The angle is…..

Put on the H-atoms…….

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There is a better arrangement for four electron pairs:

C

TETRAHEDRAL

4 electron pairs tetrahedral EPG

C

H

HH

H

The shape of CH4 is tetrahedral.

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carbon chains

• Carbon atoms are well known for their tendency to link together to form the millions of organic molecules that are known.

• Ethene consists of two plane trigonal CH2 units joined together, where as ethane is essentially two CH3 tetrahedral joined end-to-end.

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•  Ethene (ethylene) C2H4 Ethane C2H6 

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Shape with lone pairs: AB2E2

2 bonding electrons and 2 lone pairs

or AB2E , 2 bonding electrons and 1 lone pair

• Bent:

• The nonbonding electrons are also in orbitals that occupy space and repel the other orbitals.

• The water molecule

• The Lewis electron dot formula predicts that there will be two pairs of nonbonding electrons.

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VSEPR treats double bonds like a single bond

O Se OSeO2

THREE ELECTRON PAIRS AROUND THE SELENIUM ATOM.

ELECTRON PAIR GEOMETRY

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O Se OSeO2

EPG AROUND THE SELENIUM IS TRIGONAL PLANAR.

SeO2 IS V-SHAPED, OR BENT

ADD OXYGENS

Se

O O

VSEPR treats double bonds like a single bond

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Se

O O

SeO2 IS V-SHAPED, OR BENT

SeO2

Se

O O

Se

O O

RESONANCE!

VSEPR treats double bonds like a single bondSe

O O

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H2O

The EPG around the oxygen is tetrahedral:

H

O H There are four

electron pairs

around the oxygen

atom.

O O

H

HThe shape of H2O is V-shaped or bent.

SUMMARY…..

PUT ON THE 2 H-ATOMS

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3 bonding electrons and 1 lone pairPyramidal AB3E1

• Ammonia

• The electron-dot structure of NH3 places one pair of nonbonding electrons in the valence shell of the nitrogen atom. It assumes a pyramidal shape. More precisely, the shape is that of a trigonal pyramid

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Ammonia

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NH3

The EPG around the nitrogen is tetrahedral:

H N H

H

There are four

electron pairs

around the nitrogen

atom.

N N

H

H

H

The shape of NH3 is trigonal pyramidal.

PUT ON THE 3 H ATOMS

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Atoms bonded to five atoms: AB5

Compounds of the type AX5 are formed by some of the elements in Group 15 of the periodic table; PCl5 and AsF5 are examples.

• The shape of PCl5 and similar molecules is a trigonal bipyramid. This consists simply of two triangular-base pyramids joined base-to-base. Three of the chlorine atoms are in the plane of the central phosphorus atom, while the other two atoms are above and below this plane.

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• Using this reasoning, we can predict that an AX5E molecule (that is, a molecule in which the central atom A is coordinated to five other atoms “X” and to one nonbonding electron pair) such as SF4 will have a “see-saw” shape; substitution of more nonbonding pairs for bonded atoms reduces the triangular bipyramid coordination to even simpler molecular shapes, as shown below.

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Molecules With Central Atom With More Than An Octet

EXAMPLE : PF5

F

PFF

F F

HOW MANY ELECTRON PAIRS AROUND PHOSPHORUS?

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PREDICTING THE SHAPE OF A MOLECULE

STEP 1. DRAW THE LEWIS DOT STRUCTURE.

STEP 2. DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF ELECTRON PAIRS ROUND THE CENTRAL ATOM

STEP 3. CHOOSE THE EPG FOR THAT NUMBER OF ELECTRONS

STEP 4. PLACE THE ATOMS ATTACHED TO CENTRAL ATOM IN POSITIONS ACCORDING TO THE EPG

STEP 5. NAME THE SHAPE OF THE MOLECULE BASED ON THE POSITION OF THE ATOMS

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Summary of Molecular ShapesTotal valence electron pairs

Electron Pair Geometry

Lone electron pairs

Shape of Molecule

2

3

4

Linear

Trigonal planar

Tetrahedral

0

0

1

0

1

2

Linear

Trigonal planar

V-shaped

Tetrahedral

Trigonal pyramid

V-shaped

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Total valence electron pairs

Electron Pair Geometry

Lone electron pairs

Shape of Molecule

5

6

Trigonal bipyramidal

Octahedral

1

2

3

0

1

2

See-saw

T-shaped

Linear

Octahedral

Square pyramid

Square planar

0 Trig. bipyramid.

Other molecules with 6 electron pairs……...

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Polyatomic ions

• The charge will dictate how many less or extra electrons will be added to the lewis dot diagrams.

• NO3-

• the negative charge tells you that you need to add one more electron to the diagram.

5 + 3(6) + 1 = 24

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N

O O

ONitrate anion

VSEPR treats multiple bonds as effective single electron pairs.

Experimentally known to be planar with 120° bond angles.

NO3– is trigonal planar.

the EPG is determined by three effective electron pairs in NO3

-.