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This set of notes contains three pages, which concisely covers the following at a Year 11 standard: - AXE configuration - Octet Rule - Contains drawings of various shapes: trigonal planar, trigonal pyramid, trigonal, linear, v-shaped, and tetrahedral

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Stage 1 Chemistry Shapes of Molecules L Notes

Topic One: Shapes of Molecules

Valence Electron Pair Repulsion Theory (VSEPR)
Regions of e- density (-, =, 3) will repel each other to achieve maximum separation. This minimises the
repulsive forces.

AXE ‘Configuration’
A – central atom (there is one)
X – other atoms attached to central atom
E – extra/leftover regions of electron density on the central atom



Methane
AX4E0 is tetrahedral




NH3
AX3E1 is trigonal

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