[jaymilkeuthanasia]

Hello

I want to know what is the difference between molecular geometry and molecular shape in VSEPR?

[Lujain Al Omari]

(Original post by jaymilkeuthanasia)
Hello

I want to know what is the difference between molecular geometry and molecular shape in VSEPR?

i dont know what molecular geometry is, what i know is that molecular shape is the way molecules arrange themselves around a central atom

[jaymilkeuthanasia]

(Original post by Lujain Al Omari)
i dont know what molecular geometry is, what i know is that molecular shape is the way molecules arrange themselves around a central atom

let me give an example
for steric number 4 the geometry is tetrahedral but there are 3 shapes each corresponding to 4+0 tetrahedral, 3+1 pyramidal and 2+2 bent...
for 1 geometry there are 3 shapes
that's what i want to know
difference between geometry and shape