Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry · Chemical Bonding

VSEPR Theory and Molecular Shape

Predicting the three dimensional geometry of molecules based on electron pair repulsion.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the presence of lone pairs change the bond angles in a molecule?
  2. 2Why does molecular shape matter for biological functions like enzyme binding?
  3. 3How can we visualize 3D structures using 2D representations?

Common Core State Standards

HS-PS1-1
Grade: 9th Grade
Subject: Chemistry
Unit: Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry
Period: Chemical Bonding

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