M mhl397 Member 10+ Year Member 5+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined May 14, 2005 Messages 26 Reaction score 0 Points 0 May 25, 2006 #1 Advertisement - Members don't see this ad how do you tell the difference between trigonal pyrimidal and tetrahedral according to the VSEPR theory? thanks
Advertisement - Members don't 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 Points 0 Non-Student 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 Points 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
