Molecular Geometry

Electron Pair Geometry

Number of Electron Pair Domains||Electron Pair Geometry

Question	Answer
2	linear
3	trigonal planar
4	tetrahedral
5	trigonal bipyramidal
6	octahedral
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Number of Electron Pair Domains (ND) and Molecular Geometry (MG) connected to associated Electron Pair Geometry (EG), Hybridization (H), and Number of lone-pairs (LP)
ND, MG|| LP, EG, H,

Question	Answer
2,0	linear, sp, 180
3,0	trigonal planar, sp2, 120
2,1	bent, sp2, <120
4,0	tetrahedral, sp3, 109.5
3,1	trigonal pyramidal, sp3, <109.5
2,2	bent, sp3, <109.5
5,0	trigonal bipyramidal, sp3d, 120/90
4,1	seesaw, sp3d, <120/<90
3,2	T-shaped, sp3d, <90
2,3	linear, sp3d, <120,<90
6,0	octahedral, sp3d2, 90
5,1	square pyramidal, , sp3d2, <90
4,2	square planar, sp3d2, <90
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Hybridization and geometry name

Question	Answer
sp	linear
sp2	trigonal planar
sp3	tetrahedral
sp3d	trigonal bipyramidal
sp3d2	octahedral
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Bonding Angles

Question	Answer
sp	180
sp2	120
sp3	109.5
sp3d	120/90
sp3d2	90
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Question	Answer
2,0	linear
3,0	trigonal planar
2,1	bent
4,0	tetrahedral
3,1	trigonal pyramidal
2,2	bent
5,0	trigonal bipyramidal
4,1	seesaw
3,2	T-shaped
2,3	linear
6,0	octahedral
5,1	square pyramidal
4,2	square planar
3,3	T-shaped
2,4	linear
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ND, MG|| LP, EG, H,

Question	Answer
2,0	sp
3,0	sp2
2,1	sp2
4,0	sp3
3,1	sp3
2,2	sp3
5,0	sp3d
4,1	sp3d
3,2	sp3d
2,3	sp3d
6,0	sp3d2
5,1	sp3d2
4,2	sp3d2
3,3	sp3d2
2,4	sp3d2
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Question	Answer
sp	2,0
sp2	3,0 & 2,1
sp3	4,0 & 3,1 & 2,2
sp3d	5,0 & 4,1 & 3,2 & 2,3
sp3d2	6,0 & 5,1 & 4,2 & 3,3 & 2,4
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Hybridization and geometry

Question	Answer
sp	2
sp2	3
sp3	4
sp3d	5
sp3d2	6
2	sp
3	sp2
4	sp3
5	sp3d
6	sp3d2
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