Bond Shapes, Angles and Examples

Bond shapes and their angles and structural layout.

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  • Created on: 27-01-15 18:43
What shape is CH4?
Tetrahedral
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What bond angle is tetrahedral?
109.5
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What are the groups around the tetrahedral central atom?
4 bonding pairs
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What shape is NH3?
Pyramidal
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What bond angle is pyramidal?
107
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What are the groups around the pyramidal central atom?
3 bonding pairs, 1 lone pair
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What shape is H2O?
V-Shaped
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What bond angle is V-Shaped?
104.5
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What are the groups around the V-Shaped central atom?
2 bonding pairs, 2 lone pairs
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What shape is BF3?
Planar (trigonal)
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What bond angle is planar?
120
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What are the groups around the planar central atom?
3 groups of electrons
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What shape is CO2?
Linear
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What bond angle is linear?
180
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What are the groups around the linear central atom?
2 groups
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What shape is SF6?
Octahedral
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What bond angle is octahedral?
90 (between each bond)
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What are the groups around the octahedral central atom?
6 bonding pairs
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What shape is PCl5?
Bipyramidal
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What bond angle is bipyramidal?
180 or 120
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What are the groups around the bipyramidal central atom?
5 bonding pairs
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What bond angle is tetrahedral?

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109.5

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What are the groups around the tetrahedral central atom?

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What shape is NH3?

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What bond angle is pyramidal?

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