Nonlinear
- Page ID
- 680
![]() | AX2E |
Shape: | nonlinear |
Steric Number: | 3 |
Lone Pair: | 1 |
Polar/NonPolar: | Polar |
Hybridization: | sp2 |
Examples: | SO2 |
GIF File: | ax2e.gif (49K) |
NOTES: This molecule is made up of 3 equally spaced sp2 hybrid orbitals arranged at approximately 120o angles. The shape of the orbitals is planar triangular. One orbital contains a lone pair of electrons.The two atoms attached to the central atom form a molecule that is nonlinear.