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  2. Molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    Molecular geometry. Geometry of the water molecule with values for O-H bond length and for H-O-H bond angle between two bonds. Molecular geometry is the three-dimensional arrangement of the atoms that constitute a molecule. It includes the general shape of the molecule as well as bond lengths, bond angles, torsional angles and any other ...

  3. Chemical bonding of water - Wikipedia

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    Chemical bonding of water. Lewis Structure of H 2 O indicating bond angle and bond length. Water (H. 2O) is a simple triatomic bent molecule with C 2v molecular symmetry and bond angle of 104.5° between the central oxygen atom and the hydrogen atoms. Despite being one of the simplest triatomic molecules, its chemical bonding scheme is ...

  4. Bent molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    The bond angle between the two hydrogen atoms is approximately 104.45°. [1] Nonlinear geometry is commonly observed for other triatomic molecules and ions containing only main group elements, prominent examples being nitrogen dioxide (NO 2), sulfur dichloride (SCl 2), and methylene (CH 2).

  5. Tetrahedral molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    Tetrahedral molecular geometry. In a tetrahedral molecular geometry, a central atom is located at the center with four substituents that are located at the corners of a tetrahedron. The bond angles are cos −1 (− 1⁄3) = 109.4712206...° ≈ 109.5° when all four substituents are the same, as in methane (CH4) [ 1 ][ 2 ] as well as its ...

  6. Bent's rule - Wikipedia

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    Bent's rule. Shape of water molecule showing that the real bond angle 104.5° deviates from the ideal sp 3 angle of 109.5°. In chemistry, Bent's rule describes and explains the relationship between the orbital hybridization and the electronegativities of substituents. [1][2] The rule was stated by Henry A. Bent as follows: [2] Atomic s ...

  7. Linear molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    The linear molecular geometry describes the geometry around a central atom bonded to two other atoms (or ligands) placed at a bond angle of 180°. Linear organic molecules, such as acetylene (HC≡CH), are often described by invoking sp orbital hybridization for their carbon centers. Two sp orbitals. According to the VSEPR model (Valence Shell ...

  8. VSEPR theory - Wikipedia

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    The bond angle for water is 104.5°. Valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory (/ ˈvɛspər, vəˈsɛpər / VESP-ər, [1]: 410 və-SEP-ər[2]) is a model used in chemistry to predict the geometry of individual molecules from the number of electron pairs surrounding their central atoms. [3] It is also named the Gillespie-Nyholm ...

  9. Bent bond - Wikipedia

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    The carbon–carbon bond lengths are shorter than in a regular alkane bond: 151 pm versus 153 pm. [6] Cyclobutane is a larger ring, but still has bent bonds. In this molecule, the carbon bond angles are 90° for the planar conformation and 88° for the puckered one.