TRIGONAL PLANAR & "BENT" SPECIAL CASES AU070049
Lewis
structure
Perspective
drawing
# of atoms
bonded to
central
atom
# of lone
pairs of e-
Is it Polar?
Build:
BCI3
[CO3 ]-²
Build:
SO3
[NO3 ]-¹
Build SPECIAL CASES:
H₂O
O, (ozone)
4 -H
Which molecules do you expect to be the most stable or unreactive? Why do you think so?
IJAZA352:
11
Is there more than one way to make some of these molecules? Why do some oxygens have more lone pairs than
others, even in the same molecule? What is the name of this phenomenon?