Lecture 11/21/96, Chapter 9, Section 5

Announcements

Molecular Shape and VSEPR

  1. Introduction
    1. Balloon Demo
    2. Bond angles on Board

  2. Shapes (Computer, Chalkboard, Bond Angles)
    1. Linear
      1. I2
      2. HCl (jpeg, pdb)
      3. CO2 (jpeg, pdb)

    2. Trigonal Planar, BF3(jpeg, pdb)

    3. Tetrahedral, CH4(jpeg, pdb)

    4. Trigonal Bipyramid, PCl5(jpeg, pdb)

    5. Octahedral, SF6
      6. jpeg, pdb)

    6. Unpaired Electrons
      1. NH3
        2. (jpeg, pdb)
      2. H2O(jpeg, pdb)

  3. Electronic and Molecular Geometry
    1. NH3
      2. (jpeg, pdb)
    2. H2O(jpeg, pdb)

  4. Demonstrate Lewis Dot and VSEPR with Molecules 3-D
    1. CH4
    2. C2H4O2
    3. SO2 (resonance)

  5. Demonstrate with HyperChem Lite
    1. CH4
    2. C2H4O2
    3. SO2 (resonance)

  6. Berkeley VSEPR Site

  7. Visualizing Molecules

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