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How Does Molecular Shape Affect Polarity?

(CH 6) CHM 11500, Spring 2017


Prelab Assignment
As part of your individual preparation for lab, read the experiment and answer the
following questions in your lab notebook. The copy of your answers on the duplicate
(pink) pages is due at the beginning of the lab period.
1. For each of the following species:
 draw the best Lewis structure,
 indicate whether or not the structure follows the octet rule (indicate “follows” or
“violates”),
 indicate the total number of electron groups on the central atom, and
 indicate the number of bonding electron groups on the central atom.

a. NH3 f. CH2O
b. H2O g. CO2
c. SO2 h. XeF4
d. BF3 i. ClF4+
e. CH2F2 j. SbF5

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