Comments on: Lewis Structures https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/08/14/from-gen-chem-to-org-chem-pt-7-lewis-structures/ Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:49:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Bismuth https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/08/14/from-gen-chem-to-org-chem-pt-7-lewis-structures/#comment-706593 Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:49:36 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=736#comment-706593 the sense of humour used in these lessons and how fun they teach are what I love about this site

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By: Krieger https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/08/14/from-gen-chem-to-org-chem-pt-7-lewis-structures/#comment-695558 Sun, 02 Jun 2024 08:39:52 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=736#comment-695558 I love Randall Munroe! Glad to see you do too, James!

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By: Farhina https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/08/14/from-gen-chem-to-org-chem-pt-7-lewis-structures/#comment-658085 Sun, 11 Jun 2023 14:26:40 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=736#comment-658085 this is really helpful. thanks a lot:)

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By: Carrie Wolfe https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/08/14/from-gen-chem-to-org-chem-pt-7-lewis-structures/#comment-603400 Mon, 12 Jul 2021 21:33:09 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=736#comment-603400 In reply to Katharine.

In Organic chemistry we are not so careful with the bond angles. Often we state if the angle is close to 109 degrees or close to 120 or 180 degrees. It its sp3 we don’t worry about 107–we just say 109 (that is , “close to” 109).

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By: James Ashenhurst https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/08/14/from-gen-chem-to-org-chem-pt-7-lewis-structures/#comment-582090 Thu, 09 Jul 2020 17:22:48 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=736#comment-582090 In reply to Stephanie.

There are really only 3 shapes. Tetrahedral, trigonal planar, and linear. The “extra” shapes (such as “bent”, “trigonal pyramidal”) just arise from the fact that a lone pair is present instead of a bond to an atom. Don’t memorize every compound/ion. Just learn to count the number of electron pairs and go from there.

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By: Stephanie https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/08/14/from-gen-chem-to-org-chem-pt-7-lewis-structures/#comment-582023 Wed, 08 Jul 2020 03:25:12 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=736#comment-582023 Just curious, how do we learn the shapes? Should we memorize every compound/ion and their shapes?

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By: James Ashenhurst https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/08/14/from-gen-chem-to-org-chem-pt-7-lewis-structures/#comment-40121 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 22:22:08 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=736#comment-40121 In reply to khushboo.

It could be the chloride, I arbitrarily picked fluoride.

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By: khushboo https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/08/14/from-gen-chem-to-org-chem-pt-7-lewis-structures/#comment-39717 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 08:07:42 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=736#comment-39717 In reply to james.

Why can it not be beryllium(II) chloride?

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By: lirun https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/08/14/from-gen-chem-to-org-chem-pt-7-lewis-structures/#comment-29189 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 01:28:12 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=736#comment-29189 In reply to Katharine.

In my opinion, both carbon and nitrogen are sp3 hybridized and tetrahedral molecular geometry, the different is that carbon is symmetrical sp3 hybridized, thus endowing the bond angle 109 degree, while nitrogen is asymmetrical sp3 hybridized, thereby giving the bond angle 107 degree.
In summary, from the perspective of carbon or nitrogen, we get variety of bond angle, with the figure being 109 and 107, respectively.

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By: james https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/08/14/from-gen-chem-to-org-chem-pt-7-lewis-structures/#comment-18160 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:58:52 +0000 http://masterorganicchemistry.wordpress.com/?p=736#comment-18160 In reply to Karmen.

Oh, thank you!

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