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Answers on the Shapes of Molecules
 
1.
  
Give a drawing that clearly indicates the shape of ethane, CH3CH3, in 3D space.
On this diagram indicate the electronic geometry about all non-hydrogen atoms.

3D drawing of ethane


2.
  
Give a drawing that clearly indicates the shape of ethene, CH2CH2, in 3D space.
On this diagram indicate the electronic geometry about all non-hydrogen atoms

3D drawing of ethene


3.
  
Give a drawing that clearly indicates the shape of ethanal, CH3CHO, in 3D space.
On this diagram indicate the electronic geometry about all non-hydrogen atoms.

Note how the shape at the C that is part of the double bond is the same here as it is in ethene above. 3D drawing of ethanal


4.
  
Give a drawing that clearly indicates the orientation of the atoms in 3-butenal, CH2=CHCH2CHO, in 3D space.
On this diagram indicate the electronic geometry about all non-hydrogen atoms.

 
Note how the shapes in this more complex system are a combination of the pieces in questions 1, 2 and 3 above. 3D drawing of 3-butenal


5. Using a diagram, indicate the direction of molecular polarity for 3-butenaldehyde.

Dipoles in 3-butenal