1 / 24

Molecular Geometry

Molecular Geometry. Understand how the absence or presence of lone pairs of electrons affects the geometry of a molecule -Know what the various geometries are and how to predict them -Understand the concept of orbital hybridization and how it changes the bonding in an atom such as carbon

floria
Download Presentation

Molecular Geometry

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Molecular Geometry • Understand how the absence or presence of lone pairs of electrons affects the geometry of a molecule • -Know what the various geometries are and how to predict them • -Understand the concept of orbital hybridization and how it changes the bonding in an atom such as carbon • (NEXT LECTURE)

  2. Molecular Geometry The arrangement of atoms within a given molecule. Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion = VSEPR ( Section 8.3 232-236 in your textbook)

  3. VSEPR Theory • Assumption: Electron pairs repulse each other • Consequences • This repulsion of electron pairs causes them to orientate as far from each other as possible. • Atom centers also want to be as far apart as possible

  4. Example

  5. Linear 2 Bonding pairs 0 lone pairs AX2

  6. Bent .. 2 Bonding pairs 2 lone pairs :AX2:

  7. Trigonal Planar 3 Bonding Pairs 0 lone pairs AX3

  8. Trigonal Pyramidal 3 bonding pairs One lone pair :AX3

  9. Tetrahedral 4 bonding pairs 0 lone pairs AX4

  10. Summary of Five Main Geometries • Linear Formula= AX2 • Bent Formula = : AX2 : • Trigonal Planar Formula = AX3 • Trigonal Pyramidal Formula = : AX3 • Tetrahedral Formula = AX4 Note: A –represents the central atom X – represents the attached atom

  11. Today’s Activity • 5 cards in your packet … one for each geometry. • As a group, use your whiteboards to draw the Lewis dot structure for each one of your compound cards. • Once you have the Lewis Dot structure, use it as a guide to construct a model of the compound. • I will walk around and check your Lewis Dot structures and models. • Create a group sheet to record those Lewis Dot structures/models that you are having trouble with. • We will have cool down that you will hand in today (exit slip)

  12. Today’s Activity • Groupwork norm I will also be assessing …. • Every student contributes when every student feels safe to make mistakes in the group. What the fudge?! DON’T JUDGE!

  13. Hybridization

  14. The electron structure of a carbon atom can be written as: Based on this model, we would predict that carbon atoms should form two covalent bonds??!!

  15. Instead carbon atoms almost always form 4 bonds. Why???? Hybridization

  16. Hybridized Carbon Aufbau Diagram Regular Carbon Aufbau Diagram hybridization 1 s + 3 p = 4 sp3 (All 4 orbitals are now equal at the 2nd energy level)

  17. Electrons must be distributed among the new orbitals. Since these hybrid orbitals are equal in energy, the electrons must distributed according to Hund’s Rule.

  18. 4 sp3 orbitals

  19. 4 sp3 orbitals bond with4 hydrogen atoms - methane Overlap here is known as sigma bond sp3 carbon

  20. sp2 hybridization

  21. sp2 hybridizationcarbon double bond - ethene

  22. sp hybridization

  23. sp hybridizationcarbon triple bond - acetylene

  24. sp hybridizationcarbon triple bond - acetylene 234-236 in your text discusses these examples

More Related