What is the name of the geometry of the molecule? Otrigonal bipyramidal Otrigonal planar seesaw Otetrahedral What is the type in the name of the positions occupied by the oxygen atoms? O equatorial Oaxial What is the type in the name of the positions occupied by the fluorine atoms? O equatorial Oaxial
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.
![What is the name of the geometry of the molecule?
Otrigonal bipyramidal
Otrigonal planar
seesaw
Otetrahedral
What is the type in the name of the positions occupied by the oxygen atoms?
O equatorial
O axial
What is the type in the name of the positions occupied by the fluorine atoms?
equatorial
O axial](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fb05a2df2-fa5e-426e-8211-a1453c248cc9%2F9e286a62-2786-4e57-a2ad-ba920b9e2517%2Fem16ynm_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
![If you remove one of the oxygen atoms from XeO3 F2, you get a molecule that, with a little imagination, resembles a seesaw as shown in the animations below.
A model for XeO2F2 is shown in the chem3D window. XeO₂F2 has seesaw geometry. This geometry is sometimes called sawhorse geometry.
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Rotate the molecule until you have a feeling for its three-dimensional shape.
Compared to the trigonal bipyramid, what kind of atom is missing?
Oan equatorial atom
Oan axial atom](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fb05a2df2-fa5e-426e-8211-a1453c248cc9%2F9e286a62-2786-4e57-a2ad-ba920b9e2517%2Fd1biwf5_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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