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  2. Tetrahedral molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    The tetrahedral molecule methane (CH 4)Aside from virtually all saturated organic compounds, most compounds of Si, Ge, and Sn are tetrahedral. Often tetrahedral molecules feature multiple bonding to the outer ligands, as in xenon tetroxide (XeO 4), the perchlorate ion (ClO − 4), the sulfate ion (SO 2− 4), the phosphate ion (PO 3− 4).

  3. Molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    Molecular geometry is the three-dimensional arrangement of the atoms that constitute a molecule. It includes the general shape of the molecule as well as bond lengths , bond angles , torsional angles and any other geometrical parameters that determine the position of each atom.

  4. VSEPR theory - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, the extra stability of the 7p 1/2 electrons in tennessine are predicted to make TsF 3 trigonal planar, unlike the T-shaped geometry observed for IF 3 and predicted for AtF 3; [39] similarly, OgF 4 should have a tetrahedral geometry, while XeF 4 has a square planar geometry and RnF 4 is predicted to have the same. [40]

  5. Coordination geometry - Wikipedia

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    The coordination geometry of an atom is the geometrical pattern defined by the atoms around the central atom. The term is commonly applied in the field of inorganic chemistry, where diverse structures are observed. The coordination geometry depends on the number, not the type, of ligands bonded to the metal centre as well as their locations.

  6. Borate - Wikipedia

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    The anion has a tetrahedral molecular geometry at the two tetracoordinated boron atoms, and has a trigonal planar molecular geometry at the two tricoordinated boron atoms. The structure of the tetraborate ion ( [B 4 O 7 ] 2− ).

  7. Zinc compounds - Wikipedia

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    The tetrahedral geometry around the zinc ion constrains an α helix fragment and an antiparallel β sheet fragment to a particular orientation with respect to each other. The magnesium ion, which has a higher concentration in biological fluids, cannot perform these functions because its complexes are much weaker than those of zinc.

  8. Platonic hydrocarbon - Wikipedia

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    Angle strain would make an octahedron highly unstable due to inverted tetrahedral geometry at each vertex. There would also be no hydrogen atoms because four edges meet at each corner; thus, the hypothetical octahedrane molecule, with a molecular formula of C 6, would be an allotrope of elemental carbon rather than a hydrocarbon. The existence ...

  9. Bent's rule - Wikipedia

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    For a tetrahedral molecule such as difluoromethane with two types of atom bonded to the central atom, the C-F bond to the more electronegative substituent (F) will involve a carbon orbital with less s character than the C-H bond, so that the angle between the C-F bonds is less than the tetrahedral bond angle of 109.5°.