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Is ozone a bent molecule, or is it trigonal planar?

What shape is H2Se...is it linear? Where do the lone pairs go?

2006-11-16 14:07:43 · 5 answers · asked by Christie 3 in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

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Ozone is trigonal planar. The lone pairs on the terminal oxygens give the trigonal structure, and the molecule is planar (2 dimensional) mainly due to the double bonds in the most stable resonance structure of ozone.

H2Se should be a bent molecule. The lone pairs take up maximum available space forcing the tiny hydrogen atoms closer together than they's like to be at an angle of about 91 deg from the Se atom.

2006-11-16 14:49:48 · answer #1 · answered by margincallgentlemen 2 · 1 4

Ozone is bent, with a bond angle of 116.8 degrees.
H2Se is much like that of water (H2O) except the bond angle for H2Se is 91°.

2006-11-16 14:37:47 · answer #2 · answered by Richard 7 · 9 0

Ozone is bent, with a bond angle of 116.8 degrees.
H2Se is much like that of water (H2O) except the bond angle for H2Se is 91°.

2006-11-16 19:12:35 · answer #3 · answered by Kelly Bundy 6 · 0 2

Electron orbitals and their structure are honestly wave purposes that fulfill the Schrodinger equation. the shape is a state-of-the-artwork function expression of the wave function, and the quantum numbers (n, l, m) that come out of the function ensue because of the boundary situations positioned on the electron around the atom and different electrons. i have self assurance that really the answer to the hydrogen atom is accepted precisely, for different atoms the interplay of electrons is really complicated so the orbitals are really solved numerically or about. when you consider that for electrons the Pauli exclusion concept applies each and each and every pair of electrons needs a diverse set of quantum numbers and this makes the variety of the s and p sub-shells of electrons.

2016-11-24 23:42:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Both are bent. If you include the non-bonding electron pairs, the bonds point to the corners of a tetrahedron.

2006-11-16 14:46:32 · answer #5 · answered by rb42redsuns 6 · 0 0

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