CHCl3 is a tetrahedron (AX4). This is because the central atom has four atoms attached to it. The central atom is carbon (the dark grey atom in the picture above). Attached to the carbon are 3 atoms of chlorine (green atoms) and 1 hydrogen atom (white atom). The carbon is represented by the "A" in the Ax formula and the 3 chlorine atoms plus the 1 hydrogen atom are represented by the "4". This means that the molecule's structure is AX4, which means it is a tetrahedron. The bond angles of tetrahedrons are 109.5°.
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ReplyDeleteThe model is accurate including all the angles and the shape of it. Brooke explained everything very nicely.