A molecule has four bonded atoms around a central atom. The central atom does not have any lone pairs of electrons. What is the

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Mrrafil [7]

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A molecule has four bonded atoms around a central atom. The central atom does not have any lone pairs of electrons. What is the

geometry of the molecule?
Bent
Linear
Trigonal planar
Tetrahedral

Chemistry

2 answers:

lozanna [386] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-13T16:24:14+03:00

Answer:

Tetrahedral

Explanation:

A molecule has four bonded atoms around a central atom. The central atom does not have any lone pairs of electrons. An example is CCl4, here the central C atom has 4 valence electrons, and the C makes a covalent bond with each of the four Cl atoms. In a C-Cl covalent bond an electron pair is shared. After fur C-Cl bonds C is left with no valence electron, hence there are no lone pair of electrons on C. Each of the four C-Cl bonds is directed towards the four corners of a tetrahedron.

iren [92.7K] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-13T14:03:41+03:00

iren [92.7K]3 years ago

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Tetrahedral. like methan ch4 it doesn t have lone pairs of electrons and the bonds are oriented with a 109* 28' angle and a tetrahedron has the angles of 109 degrees so almost the same.