Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry · Chemical Bonding
VSEPR Theory and Molecular Polarity
Predicting the shapes of molecules based on electron repulsion and determining how symmetry affects polarity.
Key Questions
- 1How does the presence of lone pairs change the geometric bond angles of a molecule?
- 2How does molecular shape determine whether a substance will dissolve in water?
- 3Why do polar molecules have higher boiling points than nonpolar molecules of similar mass?
Common Core State Standards
HS-PS1-3
Grade: 11th Grade
Subject: Chemistry
Unit: Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry
Period: Chemical Bonding
Suggested Methodologies
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