Seesaw Shape Bond Angles

[Isabel Nakoud 4D]

What are the bond angles on a Seesaw shape?

[Gary Qiao 1D]

The bond angles are less than 90 and 120 degrees.

[Isabel Nakoud 4D]

<90 and <120 or <90 and 120?

[Saachi_Kotia_4E]

I think its less than both 90 and 120 but I might be wrong

[Vicky Lu 1L]

The bond angles in a see saw shape molecule are less than 120 in equatorial and less than 90 in axial.

[Aiden Atoori 1C]

Seesaw has 5 charge clouds, 4 bonds, and one lone pair giving it angles 90 and 120 degrees.

[Angela Grant 1D]

The VSEPR formula for seesaw is AX4E, so the 4 bonding groups and single lone pair result in <120 equatorial <90 axial

[Alexandra Ortega 4D]

The lone pair pushes down on the other bonds which makes the angles slightly less than 90 and slightly less than 120.

[Josceline 3J]

We went over it in discussion, it should be < 120, <90