For Sel(down)4 determin the formal charge on Selenium and any one of the iodine atoms predict the election geometry what is the hybridization about the central atom is the molecule polar?
Formal Charges
Formal charges have an important role in organic chemistry since this concept helps us to know whether an atom in a molecule is neutral/bears a positive or negative charge. Even if some molecules are neutral, the atoms within that molecule need not be neutral atoms.
Polarity Of Water
In simple chemical terms, polarity refers to the separation of charges in a chemical species leading into formation of two polar ends which are positively charged end and negatively charged end. Polarity in any molecule occurs due to the differences in the electronegativities of the bonded atoms. Water, as we all know has two hydrogen atoms bonded to an oxygen atom. As oxygen is more electronegative than hydrogen thus, there exists polarity in the bonds which is why water is known as a polar solvent.
Valence Bond Theory Vbt
Valence bond theory (VBT) in simple terms explains how individual atomic orbitals with an unpaired electron each, come close to each other and overlap to form a molecular orbital giving a covalent bond. It gives a quantum mechanical approach to the formation of covalent bonds with the help of wavefunctions using attractive and repulsive energies when two atoms are brought from infinity to their internuclear distance.
For Sel(down)4
determin the formal charge on Selenium and any one of the iodine atoms
predict the election geometry
what is the hybridization about the central atom
is the molecule polar?
Formal Charge is the charge that is assigned to the atom with the assumption that the electrons are shared equally between the two atoms.
The basic formula to calculate the formal charge is -
Formal Charge of the atom = number of valence electrons - number of the bond formed by the atom - number of electrons in lone pair.
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