Bent or Angular?
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Bent or Angular?
Is bent or angular the best term to use to describe a trigonal planar/tetrahedral with one lone pair? VSEPR charts online use the term "bent," but the textbook calls them "angular".
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Re: Bent or Angular?
Technically they are the same thing so I don't think it matters, you would most likely get a problem correct with either name. Lavelle used bent in his lecture though.
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Re: Bent or Angular?
The terms are interchangeable since they mean the same thing, just know what they are and you should be fine.
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Re: Bent or Angular?
Bent and angular represent the same shape, so you should be able to use them interchangeably. I believe both are accepted on exams.
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Re: Bent or Angular?
As long as you say either name and know that the bond angle is less than 120, you should be fine!
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Re: Bent or Angular?
Jamie Lee 1D wrote:Technically they are the same thing so I don't think it matters, you would most likely get a problem correct with either name. Lavelle used bent in his lecture though.
Both terms usually refer to the same thing, correct.
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Re: Bent or Angular?
I believe angular is 2 atoms bonded to the central atom with 1 lone pair, and bent is 2 atoms bonded to the central atom with 2 lone pairs.
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