Chapter 9

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Chapter 9Covalent Bonding:OrbitalsSection and the Localized Electron ModelCopyright Cengage Learning. All rights reserved2Draw the Lewis structurefor methane, CH4. What is the shapeof a methane molecule?tetrahedral What are the bond angles? !CHHHHSection and the Localized Electron ModelCopyright Cengage Learning. All rights reserved3What is the valence electron configuration of a carbon atom?s2p2Why can t the bonding orbitals for methane be formed by an overlap of atomic orbitals?CONCEPT CHECK!Section and the Localized Electron ModelCopyright Cengage Learning. All rights reserved4Bonding in Methane Assume that the carbon atom has four equivalent atomic orbitals, arranged and the Localized Electron ModelCopyright Cengage Learning. All rights reserved5Hybridization Mixing of the native atomic orbitals to form special orbitals for and the Localized Electron ModelCopyright Cengage Learning.

Section 9.1 Hybridization and the Localized Electron Model Determine the bond angle and expected hybridization of the central atom for each of the

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