Bent vs Angular

[Carly Yoon]

Are bent shape and angular shape the same thing? Lavelle uses bent, but the textbook uses angular...

[NaomiAbramowicz1H]

yep! they're the same thing.

[Rebecca Preusch 2C]

Yes the terms bent and angular are interchangeable

[SheaZenker_3F]

I believe angular is what it is referred to as a lot in the book

[Aashna Sibal 2F]

Yes, these terms are the same thing. Both bent and angular are when there are 3 atoms with 1 or 2 lone pairs. The bond angle is 120 degrees or less, depending on how many lone pairs there are.

[Xinyue Zou 2K]

Bent and angular are just two names that refer to the same shape.

[Samantha Quevedo 2L]

They are the same thing!

[Mario Prado 1K]

Hello,

Yes they are the same thing.

Hope this helps!

[Madison Kiggins 1E]

Yes, they are the same thing, the names can be used interchangeably.

[Joseph Ettipio]

They are the same thing yes! One thing to keep in mind though is the difference in bond angle between a bent molecule with one lone pair such as SnCl2, and a bent molecule with two lone pairs such as H2O. If a bent molecule has one lone pair then it will have a bond angle of approximately 120 degrees, but if it is a bent molecule with two lone pairs, then it will have a bond angle of approximately 109.5 degrees.

[Dillon Taing 3H]

In VSEPR theory, you can use both bent and angular synonymously to describe the same structure.

[Santiago Chang 2K]

Yes, the terms bent and angular mean the same thing with respect to molecular shape! Hope this helps!

[Mia Orr 3B]

The terms bent and angular both refer to the same molecular shape in the VSEPR theory, so the terms can be used interchangeably!

[Saebean Yi 3E]

Yes, I mostly use "bent," but they both mean the same thing (same shape) in the VSEPR theory.

[Karen Nguyen 3E]

Bent and angular are the same thing! They have 1-2 lone pairs within 3 atoms, and have an angle of 120 degree or less. Hope that helps!

[madeleinewright]

Yes, they're the same! Bent and angular are just different names for the same shape.

[Alice Weber 3I]

Yes, they are!

[Kaitlyn_Urquilla_1I]

Hi! Yes, they mean the same thing. They are just called angular in the textbook but they are used interchangeably.

[HaleyC 2F]

They are basically the same thing.

[Rishab_Haldar_3B]

Yes! Both terms are interchangable

[Nithya Narapa Reddy]

Yes, bent and angular refer to the same shape and can be used interchangeably.

[Luke Hatch 1G]

I believe they are the same thing! a lot of textbooks usually call them angular bonds, but usually in lecture and in classes I have been in in the past professors will refer to them as bent. It's all just a preference thing :) Hope this helps!

[Annica Reyes 2B]

Hi! Yes, bent and angular refer to the same shape.

[Furkan Acar 3C]

Pretty sure bent and angular are interchangeable. Would look into it further.

[105778693]

They are the same thing and can be used interchangeably.

[Aaron Kim 1J]

Yes. The terms "bent" and "angular" are synonymous and interchangeable.

[505807269]

yes, they are basically the same thing and they are interchangeable terms.

[905701360]

Yes, "bent" and "angular" mean the same thing!

[Xiang Li 2F]

Yes! I do think they means the same shape!

[Harshitha_Pandian_3F]

In VSEPR theory, both bent and angular mean the same thing and are used interchangeably.

[Caitlyn Lo 2F]

Yes bent and angular both mean the same thing

[Jordyn Lee 1J]

Hi!
Yes, you are correct. They are the same thing.

[Nico Towfighian 3L]

Usually, the same thing but they refer to angular when its in the electron geometry of trig planar, and bent when its in the electron geometry of tetrahedral.

[Lindsey Walter 3E]

Yes! They are the same thing, and therefore interchangeable. Just don't be confused if you see one used and not the other.

[Alexis Shen 2G]

Yup! They're the same thing. I think it just depends on who it is coming from. But, in my opinion, bent makes more sense.

[Benjamin Nguyen 1J]

Yes, bent and angular are interchangeable.

[Jennifer Kainth 3L]

They're the same.

[Eduarda Diniz 2B]

they are the same thing!

[Jessica Sun 2I]

You can use either bent or angular when describing a linear molecular structure with a lone pair.

[Sophia Dominguez 3I]

Bent and angular are interchangeable. A shape is bent or angular due to stronger repulsion with a lone pair. A shape that has a steric number of 3 with two bonding pairs and 1 lone pair has stronger repulsion from the lone pair, making the bond angle less than 120 degrees. A shape with a steric number of 4 that has 2 bonding pairs and two lone pairs has stronger repulsion from the lone pair, making the bond angle less than 109 degrees.

[905744270]

Bent and angular are one in the same :)

[Anubhav_Chandla1G]

From what I understand, bent and angular shapes are the same thing.

[Connor_Olsen_2K]

They are interchangeable terms that mean two bonds and a lone pair on the central atom.

[Denise Chavez 2G]

Yes, bent and angular refer to the same shape and can be used interchangeably.

[Katryn Heine 3A]

Yes, they're the same. They're both 3 atom molecules that have an angle around the central atom.

[Alexis Rempillo 3B]

Yes, these terms are used interchangeably, with 120 degrees and 1 or 2 lone pairs.

[Madison Yee 2B]

bent and angular are different names for the same shape.

[haryn Shin 1H]

Yes, bent and angular are the same thing or the same molecular geometry in VSEPR theory. The bond angle for bent/angular is slightly less than 120 (<120).

[Mahima Manoj 1F]

Yep!! The terms are used synonymously.

[Matthew Nguyen 3G]

Yes! the terms are used interchangeably but I think for this class bent is more acceptable.

[Benicio Rivera 1F]

They mean the same thing. They just use different terminology.

[Evonne Chau 2I]

Hi Carly,

The terms "bent" and "angular" can be used interchangeably. They both describe the shape of two atoms being "repelled downwards" by the lone pair of electrons from the center atom that it's attached to.

[205819952]

they're the same thing.

[Esther Kim]

they be the same

[Matt Vargo 2D]

Bent and angular are two terms that mean the same thing. Examples of bent molecules include H2O and SO2.

[Darlene Luu 1H]

Hi! Bent and angular are interchangeable, and are used to describe the geometric shape of a molecule.

[Kavya Anand 2B]

Yes, these terms are interchangeable.

[505784197]

They are the same thing and also just to add on the bond angles would be less than 120 degrees.

[Ellen Brock 2I]

These two mean the same thing and are often listed together when in practice. I have seen in the textbook and in worksheets that if a structure is bent then it will often be named bent/angular. But it is not necessary to list both, either one works!

[Tyler Olson 1E]

Yep they are the same thing! They can be used interchangeably as well as V-shaped

[Ananya Sridharan]

They are the same thing I think

[Nataly Antonova 1B]

Yes! They are the same thing!