AP Chemistry
Syllabus 9 - Answers

Shape and Hybridization answers.

H2O
bent, sp3

 CO
linear, sp		 CO2
linear, sp2

NH3
 trig. pyramidal, sp3

 SO2
bent, sp2		 NO2–
bent, sp2

O3
bent, sp2

 O2
linear, sp2

H2CO
trig. planar, sp2

 BF3
trig. planar, sp2

CH4
tetrahedral. sp3

 LiH
linear, not
HNO
bent, sp2		 BeH2
linear, sp		 SiH4
tetrahedral. sp3

HCN
linear, sp

 NBr3
trig. pyramidal, sp3		 N2
linear, sp
HBO
linear, sp		 ClOH
bent, sp3		 KSCN
bent, sp2		 C2H6
tetrahedral. sp3		 C2H4
trig. planar, sp2		 C2H2
linear, sp
(NH2)2CO
N is tetrahedral sp3
C is trig. planar sp2		 PCl3
trig. pyramidal, sp3		 N2H4
tetrahedral. sp3		 H2
linear, not		 OF+
linear, sp2		 H2O2
bent, sp3

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