Molecular Shape and Symmetry

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Geometric shape - Tetrahedral - 4 electron clouds

  • tetrahedral

  • Trigonal Pyramidal

  • bent

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Molecular shape - tetrahedral

  • symmetrical = nonpolar

  • 4 bonded atoms

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Molecular shape - trigonal pyramid

  • non symmetrical - polar

  • 3 bonded atoms

  • 1 lone pair

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Molecular shape - Bent 

  • not symetrical - polar 

  • 2 bonded atoms 

  • 2 lone pairs 

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Geometric shape - Trigonal Planar - 3 electron clouds

  • Trigonal Planar

  • Bent

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Molecular shape - Trigonal planar

  • 3 bonded atoms

  • symmetrical= nonpolar

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Moleuclar shape - bent (Trigonal Planar)

  • 2 bonded atoms

  • 1 lone pair

  • non symmetrical - polar

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Geometric shape - Linear - 2 electron clouds

  • linear

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Moleuclar shape - linear

  • 2 bonded atoms

  • symmetrical - Non polar

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if shape is symmetrical and dipoles cancel each other out 

non polar