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What 2 theories can be used to predict molecular geometry?
VSEPR - valence shell electron pair repulsion theory Hybridisation- e.g. Sp, Sp2, sp3, Sp3d2 etc Hybridisation predicts regular geometries-- VSEPR has the advantage of predicting how bond angles may deviate from the regular geometries.
What type of bonding is present in diamond?
Covlent- the carbon atoms are each surrounded tetrahedrally by 4 other carbon atms and their hybridisation is sp3
What is the hybridisation of the valence orbitals on the boron atoms in hexagonal boron nitride?
It's a sp2 hybridisation.
What is the hybridisation state of central atom in nh3 and bf3?
The central atom of ammonia is nitrogen and it has 3 bonding pairs and a lone pair around, hence it undergoes sp3 hybridization. The central atom of boron trifluoride is the boron atom, and around it has only three bonding pairs. So it hybridizes as sp2.
What is the hybridisation of Mno4-?
d3s hybridization
Is methane a covalent bond?
its a sp3 hybridisation
What is hybridization of methane?
sp3- tetrahedral- note that geometry of molecules indicates hybridisation NOT hybridisation indicates geometry
What is the hybridization HCCl3?
The molecule is almost tetrahedral and this is indicates sp3 hybridisation.
What Hybridisation ammonia forms?
The nitrogen atom undergoes sp3 hybridization in ammonia.
What is the hybridisation of carbon in CH4?
Carbon is SP3 hubridized in it.Hydrogen has same hybridization
What is a composition of a diamond?
It is pure (elemental) Carbon (in crystallic tetraedical sp3-hybridisation)
The process of hybridisation in carbon?
carbon can have either sp3 ,sp2 or sp1 hybridised orbital depending upon the type of hybridisation hybridisation influences the bond and bond therapy (strength) in the organic compounds
Which type of hybridization is present in ethanol?
The hybridisation of carbon is sp3- the bond angles around carbon are all tetrahedral. The COH bond angle is a little less than tetrahedral (lone pair replusion- according to VSEPR theory)- sp3 hybridisation is a good approximation.
What is the hybridization of the bonding orbitals in carborn tetrachloride?
As the CCl4 molecule has a regular tetrahedral shape the hybridisation is sp3
Is there sp3 hybridization in carbon?
When a carbon atom is linked to 4 other atoms and those atoms are arranged in space at the corners of a tetrahedron (bond angle 109.5 0), then the hybridisation is sp3.
How the hybridization of c atoms in c-c single bond of HC---C-CH--CH2 is sp3-sp?
The compound HCCCHCH2 contains a triple bond and a double bond. Working along the molecule left to right the hybridisation of the carbon atoms is:-sp ;sp ; sp2 ; sp2The formula for a 4 carbon chain containing an sp3 - sp single bond would beHCCCH2CH3where the hybridisation left to right issp ; sp ; sp3 ; sp3
How does methane have geometry?
Methane has tetrahedral geometry. In methane carbon undergoes sp3 hybridisation. The four sp3 hybrid orbitals form four sigma bonds with four 1s orbitals of hydrogen atoms.
