Effect of Molecular Shape on Lewis Structure
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KatelinTanjuaquio 1L
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Effect of Molecular Shape on Lewis Structure
When drawing Lewis structures, should we be taking the molecular shapes into consideration?
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Aidan Ryan 1B
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Re: Effect of Molecular Shape on Lewis Structure
I think it is important to especially when lone pairs are included. However I don't think the drawings need to be 3D.
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Nicoline Breytenbach 3D
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Re: Effect of Molecular Shape on Lewis Structure
Not really, Lewis structures are 2-dimensional models and thus couldn't perfectly represent a 3-dimensional molecular shape.
Re: Effect of Molecular Shape on Lewis Structure
Yeah, I don't you have to take molecular shapes into consideration when drawing Lewis Structures. However, I do think you should be able to recognize molecular shape when looking at a Lewis Structure from the electron density.
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