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    1) The document describes Experiment 1 which aims to predict molecular shape and polarity using Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory. 2) The experiment involves drawing Lewis structures, determining electronic geometry based on bonding pairs and lone pairs, assembling molecular models, and classifying molecular polarity. 3) Students are asked to apply VSEPR theory to draw structures and predict geometry and polarity for various compounds like CS2, PF3, SO3, and SiCl4.

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    EXPERIMENT 1

    Predicting Molecular Shape and Polarity Using VSEPR Theory

    Objectives

    1. To draw Lewis structures of several compounds and make models of these


    structures in order to help you visualize the molecular shape based on Valence
    Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory.

    2. To predict the molecular polarity for each compound.

    Introduction

    Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory allows one to predict the
    electronic and molecular geometries of a molecule from its Lewis structure. In order to
    get correct answers from VSEPR theory, you must first have a correct Lewis structure.
    Therefore, the procedures for drawing Lewis structures from the textbook and lectures
    must be mastered. Remember that you must account for all valence electrons and you
    must show all of these electrons in the Lewis structure.

    Molecular geometry describes the arrangement of atoms in a molecule. The


    non-bonding pairs do not fit into this description. Hence, if there are non-bonding pairs
    present in the molecule, they are ignored when describing the molecular geometry.
    For example, the electronic geometry of H2O is tetrahedral, but two are lone pairs at
    the central atom, thus they are ignored. Therefore, the molecular geometry of water
    (the arrangement of the H, O, and H atoms) is best described as “bent”. (If there are
    no non-bonding pairs, then the molecular geometry is also the electronic geometry of
    the molecule.)

    Both the polarity of bonds and molecular geometry must be considered in


    determining whether a molecule is polar or not. There are three cases:

     There are no polar bonds. The molecule is not polar.

     There are polar bonds, but in the molecular geometry, they cancel each other
    out. The molecule is not polar.

     There are polar bonds present and they do not cancel each other out. The
    molecule is polar.

    Apparatus
    Molecular model kit.
    Procedure

    For each compound given in the observations/data/report table, follow the following
    steps.

    1. Draw the Lewis structure. You may want to work on the Lewis structure on a sheet
    of scratch paper first before filling in the table.

    2. Count the number of bonding pair and lone pair in the Lewis structure and predict
    the electronic geometry.

    3. Assemble the model which has the correct electronic geometry and remove one
    attached atom for every lone pair that is present on the central atom of your Lewis
    structure. (Do not count the lone pairs when determining the molecular shape –
    they are “invisible”.) You now have a model, showing the shape of the molecule
    (the molecular geometry).

    4. Draw the structure representing the molecular geometry using wedges and dashes
    wherever necessary to show the bonds that are not in the plane of the paper.
    (Tetrahedral molecules are not flat and require using the wedged or dashed bond
    representation to properly show their three-dimensional shape. See Bettelheim.)

    5. Finally, decide which of the category above correctly describe the type of
    molecular polarity that fits the molecule.
    DATA SHEET

    EXPERIMENT 1

    Predicting Molecular Shape and Polarity Using VSEPR Theory

    Name :
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    RESULTS

    Table 1: Molecular shape and polarity prediction using VSEPR theory

    Formula Sketch Number of Number of Electronic Sketch Molecular geometry Molecular


    Lewis structure bonding pair lone pair geometry and bond angles polarity
    CS2

    PF3
    Formula Sketch Number of Number of Electronic Sketch Molecular geometry Molecular
    Lewis structure bonding pair lone pair geometry and bond angles polarity

    SO3

    SiCl4

    ICl4-

    AsF5
    Formula Sketch Number of Number of Electronic Sketch Molecular geometry Molecular
    Lewis structure bonding pair lone pair geometry and bond angles polarity

    TeF5-

    SCl2

    IOF5

    IF4+

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