What would be the bond angle for oxygen or O2. How do you get its shape? Also, how do you distinguish between trigonal planars and trigonal pyramidal shapes? I'm bad at this, and don't know how to do all of this?
For example, how do you know what shape Hydrogen Sulfide is, and what its angle will be?
2007-10-29 14:12:45 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
There are theoretical answers to that question and real answers. For example, the bond angle H-S-H should be 107deg like H-O-H in water, either because of the hybridization of orbitals or because of mutual repulsion of the electron in the H-S bonds and the two non-bonding pair. Actually, the bond angle H-S-H is 90deg. So you have to learn the theories and the real answers.
2007-10-29 14:21:31 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trigonal planars appear flat; if you construct a 3-dimensional model of a trigonal planar atom it will be flat. Trigonal pyramidal... are like pyramids. They would stick up in a 3-dimensional model.
2007-10-29 14:16:34 · answer #2 · answered by themacncheesepunk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋