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Unit 3.3: Molecular Geometry & Hybridization

1. Predict the molecular structures (including bond angles) for each of the following.
a. XeCl2 b. ICl3 c. TeF4

d. PF5 e. OCl2, f. KrF2,

g. CO2, h. SO2 i. SO3,

j. NF3, k. IF3 l. CF4,

m. SeF4, n. KrF4 o. BF3

2. The molecules SO3, CF4, CO2, PF5, and SF6 are nonpolar even though they contain polar bonds. Why?
3. Indigo is the dye used in coloring blue jeans. The term navy blue is derived from the use of indigo to
dye British naval uniforms in the eighteenth century. The structure of the indigo molecule is

a. How many σ bonds and how many π bonds exist in the molecule?
b. What hybrid orbitals are used by the carbon atoms in the indigo molecule?

4. One of the first drugs to be approved for use in treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome
(AIDS) was azidothymidine (AZT). Complete the Lewis structure for AZT (it needs lone pairs!)

a. How many carbons are sp3 hybridized?

b. How many carbons are sp2 hybridized?
c. Which atom is sp hybridized?
d. How many σ bonds are in the molecule?
e. How many π bonds are in the molecule?
f. What is the N=N=N bond angle?
g. What is the H-O-C bond angle in the side
group attached to the five-membered ring?
h. What is the hybridization of the oxygen atom
in the –CH2OH group?