VESPR Molecular Geometry

Geometry, bond angle, and example

• Linear

• 180 degrees

  • CO2

Geometry, bond angle, and example

• Trigonal planar

• 120 degrees

  • BF3

Geometry, bond angle, and example

• Bent or V shaped

• Less than 120 degrees (3 groups, 2 bonding 1 lone pair)

  • SO2

Geometry, bond angle, and example

• Tetrahedral

• 109.5 degrees (4 bonding, 0 lone pair)

  • CH4

Geometry, bond angle, and example

• Trigonal pyramidal

• 107.5 degrees (3 bonding, 1 lone pair)

  • NH3

Geometry, bond angle, and example

• Bent or V shaped

• 104.5 degrees (4 groups, 2 bonding and 2 lone pair)

• H2O

Geometry, bond angle, and example

• Trigonal Bipyramidal

• 90, 120 degrees (5 groups, 5 bonds, 0 lone pairs)

  • PCl5

Geometry, bond angle, and example

• See saw

• < 90, < 120 degrees (5 groups, 4 bonds, 1 lone pair)

  • SF4

Geometry, bond angle, and example

• T shaped

• < 90 degrees (5 groups, 3 bonds, 2 lone pairs)

  • ClF3

Geometry, bond angle, and example

• Linear

• 180 degrees (5 groups, 2 bonds, 3 lone pairs)

  • XeF2

Geometry, bond angle, and example

• Octahedral

• 90, 90 degrees

  • SF6

Geometry, bond angle, and example

• Square Pyramidal

• < 90 degrees (6 groups, 5 bonds, 1 lone pair)

  • ClF5

Geometry, bond angle, and example

• Square planar

• 90 degrees (6 groups, 4 bonding, 2 lone pairs)

  • XeF4

What is the molecular geometry if there are 2 groups, 2 bonding, 0 lone pairs

Linear

What is the molecular geometry if there are 3 groups, 3 bonding pairs, 0 lone pairs

Trigonal planar

• 120 degrees

What is the molecular geometry if there are 3 groups, 2 bonding, 1 lone pair

Bent or V shaped

• 120 degrees

What is the molecular geometry if there are 4 groups, o lone pairs

Tetrahedral

• 109 degrees

What is the molecular geometry if there are 4 groups, 3 bonding, 1 lone pair

Trigonal Pyramidal

• 107.5 degrees

What is the molecular geometry if there are 4 groups, 2 bondng, 2 lone pair

Bent or V shaped

• 104.5 degrees

What is the molecular geometry if there are 5 groups, 5 bonding, no lone pairs

Trigonal bipyramidal

• 90, 120 degrees

What is the molecular geometry if there are 5 groups, 4 bonding, 1 lone pair

Seesaw

• < 90, 120 degrees

What is the molecular geometry if there are 5 groups, 3 bonding, 2 lone pairs

T- shaped

• 90 degrees

What is the molecular geometry if there are 5 groups, 2 bonding, 3 lone pairs

Linear

• 180 degrees

What is the molecular geometry if there are 6 groups, 6 bonding, 0 lone pairs

Octahedral

• 90, 90 degrees

What is the molecular geometry if there are 6 groups, 5 bonding, 1 lone pair

Square pyramidal

• 90 degrees

What is the molecular geometry if there are 6 groups, 4 bonding, 2 lone pairs

Square planar

• 90 degrees