Ask questions and get helpful answers.
Ask a New Question
  1. Questions
  2. chemistry

what is the molecular geometry of trans-difluroethylene: trans-C2H2F2?

I know how to draw the lewis structure but I'm not sure how to find the molecular geometry.

I think it's a tetrahedral

  1. 👍
  2. 👎
  3. 👁
  4. ℹ️
  5. 🚩
Cabel
2 answers

  1. I think it is tetrahedral although the bond angles may not be exactly 109.5 degrees.

    1. 👍
    2. 👎
    3. ℹ️
    4. 🚩
    DrBob222

  2. I agree

    1. 👍
    2. 👎
    3. ℹ️
    4. 🚩
    Kk

Answer this Question

Related Questions

  1. Health ( ANSWER ASAP)

    1)Which nutrient can be found in both animals and plants and provides growth and repair of your bodys tissues A) Fiber B) Protein My theory is Protein C) Trans Fat D) Unsaturated fat 2)__ Is a type of complex carbohydrate that does not get broken down or

  2. Chemistry

    Which of the following is not true about molecular orbital theory? A. The bonding molecular orbital is filled before the antibonding orbital. B. Each molecular orbital can accommodate only one electron. C. The number of molecular orbitals formed is often

  3. chem

    The fact that ice is less dense than water is related to the fact that ____. the molecular structure of ice is much less orderly than that of water the molecules of ice are held to each other by covalent bonding ice has a molecular structure in which water

  4. Chemistry

    What happens when magnesium is added to Maleic and Fumaric acid? What gas is released from this reaction? I was also wondering if their are any differences between how each acid reacts with the magnesium because one is cis and the other trans. What happens

  5. Chemistry terms

    Match the terms with the correct definitions. 1. ligand 2. coordination compound 3. Lewis base 4. complex ion 5. bidentate ligand 6. octahedral complex a) a ligand that can form two bonds (donate two electron pairs) to a metal ion. b) a neutral compound

  6. Chemistry

    How do you draw the lewis structure for Cyanogen (C2N2) ?

  7. chem

    draw the lewis structure for NO2- including any valid resonance structures. which of the following statements are true? a. the nitrite ion contains 2 N-O bonds that are equivalent to 1 1/2 bonds. b. the nitrite ion contains 2 N=O double bonds c. the

  8. Chemistry

    Hi. Is PO4(3-) polar or non-polar? Why or why not? Thanks! Look up the electronegativity of P and O. I think I remember that O is about 3.5 and P is about 2.1; therefore, each P-O bond is somewhat polar. Thus, the ion will be polar unless the Lewis

  9. Chemistry

    What is the Lewis structure for IF4-?

  10. chemistry

    Given that S is the central atom, draw a Lewis structure of OSF4 in which the formal charges of all atoms are zero

Still need help?

You can ask a new question or browse existing questions.