AS CHEMISTRY Shapes of Molecules

Shapes Of Molecules

Not all molecules are just flat in the plane of the page - infact, there are several different molecule shapes that we need to know about. The shape of a molecule depends on: the number of bonding pairs of electrons, and the number of lone pairs of electrons.

*A normal line for a bond shows that it is of the plane of the paper. A dashed line shows that it projects behind the page, and a Wedge shows that it projects out of the page. (Takes…