Bond angle of See-saw / distorted tetrahedron

Hey, can someone tell me the bond angles of a distorted tetrahedron plz? thx

EDIT:

And it says here that ClF5 is LINEAR... how can that be? is it true?

Reply 1

EierVonSatan

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ClF₅ is square pyramidal - 90 and 180 degree bond angles

Reply 2

tazarooni89

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http://www.chem.ufl.edu/~myers/chm2045/shapes.htm

Does any of that help? :s-smilie:

Reply 3

GAguy

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kind of... but still I dont know the bond angles of a distorted tetrahedron

I found out now why ClF5 is in fact LINEAR not square pyramidal...

however, if anyone can tell me the bond angles of a distorted tetrahedron let me know plz. thx

Reply 4

GAguy

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nvm found it 90, 120, 180!

GAguy

kind of... but still I dont know the bond angles of a distorted tetrahedron

I found out now why ClF5 is in fact LINEAR not square pyramidal...

however, if anyone can tell me the bond angles of a distorted tetrahedron let me know plz. thx

yo gonna have fun putting six atoms into a line... :eek3:

Reply 6

GAguy

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charco

yo gonna have fun putting six atoms into a line... :eek3:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSEPR_theory

look at the table at the point with 5 charge centres, at the very right it shows you how a molecule can be linear with 5 charge centres.

Honestly, before people answer questions they should be SURE they are right!

Reply 7

michaelyus

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GAguy

EDIT:

And it says here that ClF5 is LINEAR... how can that be? is it true?

Is it not square pyramidal? 5 of 7 electrons in Cl are used in 5 Cl-F bonds, 2 are left in a lone pair, therefore 6 centres?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine_pentafluoride

EierVonSatan