The molecular geometry of a molecule with a core atom that has five areas of electron density and precisely one lone pair of electrons is called a disphenoidal or seesaw molecular geometry.
What is meant by disphenoidal or seesaw molecular geometry?
- Four bonds are made to an atom in the center of a disphenoidal or seesaw-shaped molecular structure, which has overall C2v structural symmetry. The fact that it resembles a playground seesaw is how it got the moniker "seesaw." Tetrahedral or, less frequently, square planar geometry is produced when four bonds to a center atom are present.
- The core atom of a molecule with a steric number of 5 and bonds to 4 additional elements and 1 lone pair is said to be in the seesaw geometry.
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