Drawing structures

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Lauryn Shinno 2H
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Drawing structures

Postby Lauryn Shinno 2H » Sun Nov 18, 2018 8:37 am

How do you represent double bonds using the VSEPR method with wedges?

Desiree1G
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Re: Drawing structures

Postby Desiree1G » Sun Nov 18, 2018 8:58 am

I can't say I'm positive, but I don't think we will worry about that for VSPER in Chem 14 a. However, I think it is important for when you draw your Lewis structure though :)

Hedi Zappacosta 1E
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Re: Drawing structures

Postby Hedi Zappacosta 1E » Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:40 am

Dr. Lavelle said that we wouldn't be drawing the models with wedges, so I don't think you have to worry about that.

Jordan Lo 2A
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Re: Drawing structures

Postby Jordan Lo 2A » Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:41 am

The solid wedge is the one in the foreground, and the dashed wedge represents the one in the back

Sydni Stewart
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Re: Drawing structures

Postby Sydni Stewart » Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:47 am

I'm pretty sure when we're using the wedges and dashed lines (vsepr structures) , we're only interested in showing electron density and the resulting shape and direction. So single bonds/double bonds/triple bonds are all treated as single bonds.

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Re: Drawing structures

Postby Chem_Mod » Sun Nov 18, 2018 6:02 pm

You don't, but don't worry, you only need to draw lewis structures.

daniella_knight1I
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Re: Drawing structures

Postby daniella_knight1I » Sun Nov 18, 2018 7:17 pm

You won't have to draw double bonds or wedges. Just be able to visualize the shape from the given structure.

josephperez_2C
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Re: Drawing structures

Postby josephperez_2C » Sun Nov 18, 2018 7:57 pm

Lewis structures are the only thing we need to know how to draw in the context of 14a I believe.

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Re: Drawing structures

Postby 305008749 » Sun Nov 18, 2018 8:07 pm

We don't have to worry about that for 14A I believe.


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