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VSEPR Theory: Learn Molecular Geometry Fast - Chemistry Study Guide
Struggling with VSEPR theory and molecular geometry? This video simplifies the concepts you need to master these essential chemistry topics. Learn how to draw Lewis structures with the correct geometry, understand bond angles, and...
Professor Dave Explains
Limitations of VSEPR Theory
We've learned about VSEPR theory, and we know how to use it to predict molecular geometry for a variety of organic molecules. But in fact, there are situations where predictions made with VSEPR theory do not line up with experimental...
Professor Dave Explains
Practice Problem: VSEPR Theory and Molecular Geometry
What's with all these shapes? Let's practice assigning hybridization, electron-domain geometry, and molecular geometry. Octahedral! Tetrahedral! Linear! Pyramids and see-saws and what not! Chemistry is fun, isn't it?
Professor Dave Explains
IIT/JEE Chemistry Practice #20: Hybridization
Practice REAL problems from actual past IIT/JEE exams with Professor Dave!
Professor Dave Explains
IIT/JEE Chemistry Practice #17: Molecular Geometry
Practice REAL problems from actual past IIT/JEE exams with Professor Dave!
Professor Dave Explains
Visualizing Molecular Geometry With 3D Software
We've already learned about VSEPR theory, and how to use it to predict the shapes of various molecules. But we didn't cover all of the molecular geometries for certain hybridizations, and we didn't talk about bond angles, so let's do...
Professor Dave Explains
Crystal Field Theory
We are used to using a theory like VSEPR theory to predict molecular geometry, but unfortunately with coordination compounds, things are not so simple, because of those pesky d orbitals on the central metal atom. Crystal field theory is...
Professor Dave Explains
VSEPR Theory and Molecular Geometry
Did you know that geometry was invented by molecules? It's true! Until the first stars went supernova and littered all the elements across the cosmos, everything was simply spheres, from protons to stars. But then, under cooler planetary...
JFR Science
VSEPR Theory: Determining the 3D Shape of Molecules
Ready to take molecules out of the two dimensional world and into 3-D? Chemistry scholars explore molecular geometry through a well-written video from the JFR Science series. Topics include the effects of bonding and non-bonding...
Berkeley University of California
Oxidation Bond Angle (NB)
What is the show Caesium and Iodine love watching together? CsI. The first video explains how to determine the bond angle of an oxidation. The second focuses on how to determine which are linear ions by using molecular geometry.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Dipole Moment
Learn how to predict the molecular dipole moment based on the molecular geometry. [9:21]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Steric Number and Sp3 Hybridization
Find out how to use steric number to calculate the number of hybrid orbitals. [9:47]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Organic Hybridization Practice
Examples of identifying hybridization and geometry for atoms in organic molecules. [10:20]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vsepr: Basic Geometry
A narrated lesson introducing the five basic shapes of simple molecules. [2:47]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vsepr: Bent Molecules
A video lesson introducing the concept of bent shaped molecules including bond angles. [4:26]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Triple Bonds Cause Linear Configurations
Understand the linear geometry of a triple bond. [1:11]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vsepr: Bent Molecules: Lesson 2
This lesson will explore bent shaped molecules including bond angles. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "VSEPR: Bent Molecules."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vsepr: Exceptions to the Octet: Lesson 2
This lesson will explain there are molecules that are exceptions to the octet rule and illustrate some common examples with complex shapes. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "VSEPR: Exceptions to the Octet."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vsepr: Exceptions to the Octet: Lesson 1
This lesson will explain there are molecules that are exceptions to the octet rule and illustrate some common examples with complex shapes. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "VSEPR: Exceptions to the Octet."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vsepr: Basic Geometry: Lesson 2
This lesson will illustrate the five basic shapes of simple molecules. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "VSEPR: Basic Geometry."