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CHEM 724- Inorganic Structure and Bonding

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VSEPR
V
alence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion
and how it affect molecular geometry

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BF3 - Trigonal Planar

Point Group:
D3h

Symmetry Elements:
E,  2C3,  3C2sh,
3S3,  3
sv

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CH4 - Tetrahedral

Point Group:
Td

Symmetry Elements:
E,  8C3,  3C2,  6S4,
6sd

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ClNO - Bent

Point Group:
C1

Symmetry Elements:
E

 

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H2O - Bent

Point Group:
C2v

Symmetry Elements:
E,  C2svs'v

 

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I3- Trigonal Planar

Point Group:
D3h

Symmetry Elements:
E,  2C3,  3C2sh,
3S3,  3
sv

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ICl3- T-Shaped

Point Group:
C2v

Symmetry Elements:
E,  C2sv(xz),  s'v(yz)

 

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IF5 - Square Planar

Point Group:
D4h

Symmetry Elements:
E,  2C4,  C2,  2C'2,
2C"2,  i,  2S4sh,
2
sv, 2sd

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NH3 - Trigonal Pyramid

Point Group:
D3h

Symmetry Elements:
E,  2C3,  3C2sh,
3S3,  3
sv

 

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PF5 - Trigonal Bipyramid

Point Group:
D3h

Symmetry Elements:
E,  2C3,  3C2sh,
3S3,  3
sv

 

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SF4 - 'See-Saw'

Point Group:
C2v

Symmetry Elements:
E,  C2,  2sv,   2sd

 

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SF6 - Octahedral

Point Group:
Oh

Symmetry Elements:
E,  8C3,  6C2,  6C4,
3C2,  i,  6S4,  8S6,
3sh,   6sd


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