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Shapes of Molecules |
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AX3E |
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Shape: | pyramidal |
| Steric Number: | 4 | |
| Lone Pair: | 1 | |
| Polar/NonPolar: | Polar | |
| Hybridization: | sp3 | |
| Examples: | NH3 | |
| GIF File: | ax3e.gif (63K) |
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| NOTES: This molecule is made up of 4 equally spaced sp3 hybrid orbitals forming bond angles of approximately 109.5o. The shape of the orbitals is tetrahedral. One of the orbitals contains a lone pair of electrons. The three atoms connected to the central atom form a molecule with a pyramidal shape. |