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Shapes of Molecules |
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AX2E |
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Shape: | nonlinear |
| Steric Number: | 3 | |
| Lone Pair: | 1 | |
| Polar/NonPolar: | Polar | |
| Hybridization: | sp2 | |
| Examples: | SO2 | |
| GIF File: | ax2e.gif (49K) |
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| NOTES: This molecule is made up of 3 equally spaced sp2 hybrid orbitals arranged at approximately 120o angles. The shape of the orbitals is planar triangular. One orbital contains a lone pair of electrons. The two atoms attached to the central atom form a molecule that is nonlinear. |