Covalent Compounds & VSEPR

The shape of a molecule with 4 pairs of bonding electrons

• linear

• tetrahedral

• trigonal planar

• trigonal pyramidal

VSEPR indicates ____ must be as far apart as possible

• inner electrons

• hybrid electrons

• valence electrons

• dipole electrons

Using VSEPR theory, what shape would a molecule with this format have AX₂

• trigonal planar

• tetrahedral

• linear

• bent

According to the VSEPR theory, the covalent compound shown above will have which of the following molecular geometries?

• Tetrahedral

• Octahedral

• Trigonal pyramidal

• Trigonal planar

Formic acid is the simplest carboxylic acid. Carboxylic acids are characterized by a carbon which is double bonded to an oxygen as well as being attached to a hydroxyl group. What would be the predicted molecular geometry of formic acid with respect to the carbon atom?

• Trigonal planar

• Trigonal pyramidal

• Tetrahedral

• Trigonal bipyramidal

A diagram of a hydronium molecule is shown above. This is a positively charged polyatomic ion which forms when an acid is dissolved in water. According to the VSEPR theory, what will be the predicted molecular geometry of a hydronium ion?

• Tetrahedral

• Trigonal pyramidal

• Trigonal planar

• Bent