Chapter 4: Geometry

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Front (Question)

What orbitals are found in the valence shell of second row elements? (CNOF)

Back (Answer)

1 s orbital and 3 p orbitals

Front (Question)

What are hybridized orbitals?

Back (Answer)

S and P orbitals combining together

Front (Question)

How do you determine the number of hybridized orbitals?

Back (Answer)

Count the number of bonds and lone pairs of each molecule

Front (Question)

Single bonds have what kind of hybridized orbitals?

Back (Answer)

sp3 = 4 hybridized orbitals = 4 sp3 orbitals

Front (Question)

Double bonds have what kind of hybridized orbitals?

Back (Answer)

sp2 = 3 hybridized orbitals = 3 sp2 orbitals and 1 p orbital

Front (Question)

Triple bonds have what kind of hybridized orbitals?

Back (Answer)

sp = 2 hybridized orbitals = 2 sp orbitals, 2 p orbitals

Front (Question)

What is the geometry of sp3 hybridization with no lone pairs?

Back (Answer)

Tetrahedral

Front (Question)

What is the geometry of sp3 hybridization with 1 lone pair?

Back (Answer)

Trigonal pyramidal

Front (Question)

What is the geometry of sp3 with 2 lone pairs?

Back (Answer)

Bent

#10

Front (Question)

What is the geometry of sp2 hybridization with no lone pairs?

Back (Answer)

Trigonal planar

#11

Front (Question)

What is the geometry of sp2 hybridization with 1 lone pair?

Back (Answer)

Bent

#12

Front (Question)

What is the geometry of sp hybridization?

Back (Answer)

Linear

#13

Front (Question)

True/False: A lone pair that participates in resonance occupies a p orbital and is not hybridized

Back (Answer)

True: don’t count the lone pair as a hybridized orbital when determining a molecule’s geometry