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The Lewis formula for the molecule (type AB4) predicts 4 electron groups around the central Si atom with no lone pairs of electrons. The molecular geometry is the same as the electronic geometry tetrahedral. 

Because F, Cl, Br, and I are all in the same group of the periodic table, we know that their compounds would be similar. We expect that the detailed descriptions we have seen for CF would also apply to CCI4, CBr, and CI4, and we do not need to go through the entire reasoning for each one. Thus, we can say that each of the CX4 molecules (X = F, Cl, Br, or I) also has tetrahedral electronic geometry, tetrahedral molecular geometry, sp hybridization on the carbon atom, zero dipole moment, and so on. 

When there are four electron groups around the central atom, it is sp hybridized. AB4 molecules and ions with no lone pairs on the central atom have tetrahedral electronic geometry, tetrahedral molecular geometry, and sp hybridization on the central atom. 

The electron configuration expected for Ni2+ is [Ar]3unpaired electrons it would have to be (c) square planar in its electronic geometry, as both the octahedral and tetrahedral geometries require a species to have two unpaired electrons. Square planar does not. 

The Lewis formula for the ion (type AB3U) predicts 4 electron groups around O including 1 lone pair of electrons. The electronic geometry is tetrahedral and the ionic geometry is trigonal pyramidal (Section 8-8). 

This molecule (type AB3U) has a tetrahedral electronic geometry and a pyramidal molecular geometry. Cl (EN = 3.0) is more electronegative than As (EN = 2.1). The polar As-Cl bond dipoles oppose the effect of the lone pair. The molecule is only slightly polar (Section 8-8). 

This molecule (type AB4) has a tetrahedral electronic geometry and tetrahedral molecular geometry. The C-F bonds are polar, but since the molecule is symmetrical, the bond dipoles cancel to give a nonpolar molecule (Section 8-7). 

This molecule (type AB2U2) has a tetrahedral electronic geometry and an angular molecular geometry. Oxygen (EN = 3.5) is less electronegative than F (EN = 4.0). The O-F bond dipole opposes the effect of the two lone pairs of electrons and so, OF2 is polar (Section 8-9). 

BF3 and CF4 are nonpolar molecules. CF4, NF3, OF2 and HF have tetrahedral electronic geometries, but have different molecular geometries since they have 0, 1,2, and 3 lone pairs of electrons around the center atom, respectively. 

The Lewis dot formula predicts 4 regions of high electron density around the central N atom, a tetrahedral electronic geometry and a pyramidal molecular geometry. The N atom has sp3 hybridization (Sections 8-8 and 28-14). The three-dimensional structure is shown below. 

Electron group geometry tetrahedral Step 4. Rewrite the Lewis structure using the correct shape. 

The electronic properties of Ag4 as well as its ionized forms have been examined in detail by CNDO and EH, as shown in Table IV. Both procedures predict the linear form to be the stable neutral cluster, but as the cluster loses electrons the tetrahedral geometry becomes more stable. This is because the symmetric molecular orbitals are lower in energy for the tetrahedral than linear geometry and only these would be occupied as the cluster loses electrons. These effects are in accord with the electron spin resonance (ESR) experiments of Eachus and Symons (41) on the cationic forms of Ag4 clusters in frozen... 

Trigonal Planar Electronic Geometry AB3 Species (No Lone Pairs of Electrons on A) 8-7 Tetrahedral Electronic... 

TETRAHEDRAL ELECTRONIC GEOMETRY AB4 SPECIES (NO LONE PAIRS OF ELECTRONS ON A)... 

VSEPR theory predicts that four valence shell electron pairs are directed toward the corners of a regular tetrahedron. That shape gives the maximum separation for four electron pairs around one atom. Thus, VSEPR theory predicts tetrahedral electronic geometry for an AB molecule that has no unshared electrons on A. There are no lone pairs of electrons on the central atom, so another atom is at each corner of the tetrahedron. VSEPR theory predicts a tetrahedral molecular geometry for each of these molecules. 

Each C atom in C2Hg has four regions of high electron density. The VSEPR theory tells us that each C atom has tetrahedral electronic geometry the resulting atomic arrangement around each C atom has one C and three H atoms at the corners of this tetrahedral arrangement. The VB interpretation is that each C atom is sp hybridized. The C—C bond is formed by overlap of a half-filled sp hybrid orbital of one C atom with a half-filled sp hybrid orbital of the other C atom. Each C—H bond is formed by the overlap of a half-filled sp hybrid orbital on C with the half-filled Ir orbital of an H atom. 

Tetrahedral Electronic Geometry AB3U Species (One Lone Pair of Electrons on A)... 

We have seen that CH, CF, NH3, and NF3 all have tetrahedral electronic geometry. But CH4 and CF (AB ) have tetrahedral molecular geometry, whereas NH3 and NF3 (AB3U) have trigonal pyramidal molecular geometry. 

Because this trigonal pyramidal molecular geometry is a fragment of tetrahedral electronic geometry, we expect that the H—N—H angle would be close to the tetrahedral value, 109.5°. In CH4 (a tetrahedral AB4 molecule), all H—C—H bond angles are observed to be this ideal value, 109.5°. In NH3, however, the H—N—H bond angles are observed to be less than this, 107.3°. How can we explain this deviation ... 

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