The molecular geometry of PO(OH)3 is tetrahedral with asymmetric charge distribution on the central atom.
There are seven resonance structures for SO3 .
PO43- is a chemical derivative of phosphoric acid with a chemical name Phosphate. It is a trivalent inorganic anion and a conjugate base of hydrogen phosphate. It is composed of a group of salts containing the phosphate ion, the dihydrogen phosphate ion, or the hydrogen phosphate ion.
four stable resonance structures
There are three violations to the octet rule: odd-electron molecules, electron-deficient molecules, and expanded valence shell molecules.
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SO2 is bent and polar while SO3, CH4 and CO2 are all non-polar. SO2 is a polar molecule. Generally dipole-dipole forces are stronger than LDF forces. However, SO3 is significantly larger than SO2.
The sulfur in SO3 does not need to breach the octet rule. Thesulfur trioxide molecule exhibits resonance, with one double andtwo single bonds to the oxygens. The molecule is trigonal planar,but the bonds are not double bonds. Instead, the moleculeexhibits one delocalized pi bond (the molecule has resonantstructures).
Answer and Explanation:The sulfur in sulfur trioxide has sp2 hybridization.
SO3 and CO2 are not electron deficient, but the central atom in each has less than four electron regions (three around S and two around C), so they are Lewis acids. Their acidity is strengthened by positive formal charge.
Sulphur trioxide is an electrophile because it is a highly polar molecule with a fair amount of positive charge on the sulphur atom. It is this which is attracted to the ring electrons. The second stage of the reaction involves a transfer of the hydrogen from the ring to the negative oxygen.
As to why SO3 is stableThat means that it doesn't really obey the octet rule, allowing it to take on extra electrons. Sulfur is a 3rd-period element; hence it can use its 3d orbitals to make more than 4 bonds.
The shape of the molecule I3- is Linear. There are three Iodine atoms out of which one has an extra negative charge. Due to this one extra electron there 3 lone pairs of electrons and 2 bond pairs making it's steric number 5. Thus the overall shape of the I3- ion is linear.
Adding a double bond to one of the O atoms results in a formal charge of zero on P, zero on the O with the double bond, and -1 on the other 3 O atoms. This is fine because the charge on the phosphate anion is 3- and so the -1 on each of 3 oxygens accounts for this.
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Central atom: | P |
Total VSEP: | 8 |
4 x double bonds | − 4 pairs |
Revised Total: | 4 |
Geometry: | Tetrahedral |
Therefore, ClO2 would have the larger bond angle. In fact, ClO2 has ∠OClO=117.4033∘ , whereas ClO−2 has an approximate bond angle of ∠OClO≈110∘(±2∘) ).
We see that there are four electron domains around the central atom P (i.e. 1 double bond and 3 single bonds). Since these are all bonding pair, they will be equally distributed around the central atom. The shape that will give the least amount of repulsion is a tetrahedral geometry.
Sulfur tetrafluoride has 5 regions of electron density around the central sulfur atom (4 bonds and one lone pair). These are arranged in a trigonal bipyramidal shape with 102° F-S-F bond angles between the equatorial fluorine atoms and 173° between the axial fluorine atoms.
Phosphate Ion:The phosphorus and and one oxygen are bonded through a double bond which counts as "one electron pair". Hence the molecule has four electron pairs and is tetrahedral.
A Shortcut For Determining The Hybridization Of An Atom In A Molecule
- Look at the atom.
- Count the number of atoms connected to it (atoms – not bonds!)
- Count the number of lone pairs attached to it.
- Add these two numbers together.
This means we have a tetrahedral structure. That is symmetrical; therefore, the PO4-3 is not polar. It is non polar because of the symmetry in its geometry. The phosphate ion is non-polar due to its symmetry.
Answer and Explanation:PO3 -3 is polar because of its molecular shape.
Trigonal pyramidal is a molecular shape that results when there are three bonds and one lone pair on the central atom in the molecule. Molecules with an tetrahedral electron pair geometries have sp3 hybridization at the central atom. Ammonia (NH3) is a trigonal pyramidal molecule.
If they are two nonmetals, then they are
covalent.
Covalent Bonds.
Number of Atoms | Prefix |
10 | deca |
It's a visual equivalent of the equation based mthod described above.
- Draw a circle around the atom of interest.
- Count the number of electrons in the atoms circle (electrons in covalent bonds are shared)
- Formal charge = group number of atom of interest - electrons in the circle of atom of interest.
Water has four electron groups so it falls under tetrahedral for the electron-group geometry. The four electron groups are the 2 single bonds to Hydrogen and the 2 lone pairs of Oxygen. Since water has two lone pairs it's molecular shape is bent.
The electron geometry is tetrahedral and the molecular geometry is a trigonal pyramidal.