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Ch.8 - Covalent Compounds: Bonding Theories and Molecular Structure

Chapter 8, Problem 38

What geometric arrangement of charge clouds do you expect for atoms that have the following number of charge clouds? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 6

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well everyone in this video we're looking at these four different statements and trying to see which of the statements is true regarding the geometric arrangement of charged clouds based on given number of charged clouds. For an atom so charged clouds. What that means is a region of with high probability of containing electrons. We can go ahead and assume that's charged clouds. This is electron groups. So here we're just basing off everything on vesper theory. So the first time and raised an atom with a cloud charge of three can have a bent geometric arrangement. So we know that this is true. That is true because we have three electron groups here and to get a bench geometric arrangement. This can be possible if we have two atoms connected to the central atom along with one lone pair. So taking a look at vesper theory, if we have three electron groups total but two of them being respond and then one of them being a lone pair, then we will get this bench geometric arrangement. So A. Is true. Take a look at statement be this reason Adam with a cloud charger. Four can have a tribunal parameter geometric arrangement. Again, this is true. The combination for this is going to be three bonds or three atoms And one lone pair. So if we have three atoms and one lone pair that gives us four electron groups and this does give us a tribunal parameter geometric arrangement. So B is true. Now statement see reason Adam but the cloud charge of five can have a linear geometric arrangement. Again, this one will be true as well. And because we have as possible if these five electric groups to them have to be bonds or atoms and then three of them being lone pairs. So again we have two atoms and three lone pairs. I guess it's a total of five electron groups. And this does give us a geometric arrangement being linear. So statement see here is true. And last statement we have here is going to be statement D. That reads an atom with a cloud charge of six can have a square planner geometric arrangement. And statement D is also true if we have or these electric groups being bonds or atoms and two of them being lone pairs. So if we have a total of six electrons groups with two of them being lone pairs, this gives us a square planar geometric arrangements. So this one is also true. So if all four of these given statements are true, then their final answer for this problem is going to be E, which is all the above
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