M mhl397 Member 10+ Year Member 5+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined May 14, 2005 Messages 26 Reaction score 0 May 25, 2006 #1 Members do not see this ad. how do you tell the difference between trigonal pyrimidal and tetrahedral according to the VSEPR theory? thanks
Members do not see this ad. how do you tell the difference between trigonal pyrimidal and tetrahedral according to the VSEPR theory? thanks
A aevea New Member 10+ Year Member 5+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined May 23, 2006 Messages 39 Reaction score 0 May 25, 2006 #2 mhl397 said: how do you tell the difference between trigonal pyrimidal and tetrahedral according to the VSEPR theory? thanks Click to expand... Trigonal pyramidal has a lone pair--think :NH3. Tetrahedral always has four bonding groups--think CH4 Upvote 0 Downvote
mhl397 said: how do you tell the difference between trigonal pyrimidal and tetrahedral according to the VSEPR theory? thanks Click to expand... Trigonal pyramidal has a lone pair--think :NH3. Tetrahedral always has four bonding groups--think CH4
F Futureortho24 Member 10+ Year Member 5+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined Oct 16, 2005 Messages 49 Reaction score 0 May 25, 2006 #3 aevea said: Trigonal pyramidal has a lone pair--think :NH3. Tetrahedral always has four bonding groups--think CH4 Click to expand... Tetrahedral is electron pair geometry & molecular geomtery is trigonal pyramidal. 2 different classifications - hope this makes sense Upvote 0 Downvote
aevea said: Trigonal pyramidal has a lone pair--think :NH3. Tetrahedral always has four bonding groups--think CH4 Click to expand... Tetrahedral is electron pair geometry & molecular geomtery is trigonal pyramidal. 2 different classifications - hope this makes sense
