Chemistry 141 Friday, November 17, 2017 Lecture 31 Chemistry 11 - Lecture 11 9/30/2009 Chemistry 141 Friday, November 17, 2017 Lecture 31 VSEPR and Hybridization
Questions for today: What are the 3-dimensional shapes of molecules? Why do molecules have these shapes? What is a covalent bond? How can we understand molecular shapes in terms of orbitals?
Electron-Domain Geometries
Electron Domain and Molecular Geometries
Electron Domain and Molecular Geometries
Electron Domain and Molecular Geometries
Electron Domain and Molecular Geometries
Polarity of Molecules A NONPOLAR molecule A POLAR molecule
Orbital overlap and bonding
Hybrid orbitals SN=4 tetrahedral (Example: CH4)
sp2 hybrid orbitals SN=3 trigonal planar (Example: BCl3)
Hybrid orbitals for linear geometry SN=2 linear (Example: BeCl2)
dsp3 hybrid orbitals SN=5 trigonal bipyramidal (Example: PCl5)
Hybrid orbitals and bonding for other SNs SN=6 octahedral (Example: SF6)
Hybridization summary