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Offline oceanmd

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shape of NHCl2
« on: October 21, 2010, 09:41:28 PM »
I think it is trigonal bipyramidal, because N as a central atom has 3 bonding pairs and 1 lone pair. But in class it was said that it is a distorted version of an ideal shape. What does it mean?

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Re: shape of NHCl2
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2010, 01:56:47 AM »
trigonal pyramidal - distorted means  - slightly different bond lengths and angles comparing to ammonia
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