Chapter 8, Problem 8.30P

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The bonding around the nitrogen atom and the carbon atom in cyanamide and the three dimensional sketch of the molecule has to be given.

Concept Introduction

VSEPR theory:

The key postulate of the theory is that the shape of a molecule is determined by minimizing the mutual repulsion of the electron pairs in the valence shell of the central atom.

The steric number is a sum of the number of ligands and lone pairs surrounding the central atom.

  $\text{steric}\text{number}\text{=(m+n)}$

Where m is the number of ligands and n is the number of lone pairs