1.) An AB4 molecule has two lone pairs of electrons on the A atom (in addition to the four B atoms). What is the electron-domain geometry around the A atom?
square pyramidal | |||||||||||
seesaw | |||||||||||
T-shaped | |||||||||||
trigonal pyramidal | |||||||||||
linear | |||||||||||
octahedral | |||||||||||
trigonal planar | |||||||||||
square planar | |||||||||||
tetrahedral | |||||||||||
trigonal bipyramidal | |||||||||||
bent 2.) For the AB4 molecule in Part B, predict the molecular geometry.
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Q1. electron-domain geometry is : octahedral
Q2. molecular geometry is : square planar
Explanation
The AB4 molecule has two lone pairs of electrons in addition to four B atoms.
This means the molecule type is AX4E2
where A is the central atom, X is the number of atoms attached to central atom and E is the number of lone pairs of electons
According to VSEPR theory, for molecule type AX4E2 , electron domain geometry is Octahedral and molecular geometry is square planar
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