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explain bond angle of hydrides of 15 gp. elements

amit singhal , 15 Years ago

Grade 12

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SAGAR SINGH - IIT DELHI

Last Activity: 14 Years ago

Dear amit,

All these hydrides are covalent in nature and have pyramidal structure. These involve sp³ hybridization of the central atom and one of the tetrahedral position is occupied by a lone pair.

Shape of NH₃ molecule

Due to the presence of lone pair, the bond angle in NH₃ is less than the normal tetrahedral angle. It has been found to be 107^o. Down the group the bond angle decreases as:

Explanation:

In all these hydrides, four electron pairs, three bond pairs and one lone pair surround the central atom. Now, as we move down the group from N to Bi, the size of the atom goes on increasing and its electronegativity decreases. Consequently, the position of bond pair shifts more and more away from the central atom in moving from NH3 to BiH3. For e.g., the bond pair in NH3 is close to N in N-H bond than the bond pair in P-H bond in PH3. As a result, the force of repulsion between the bonded pair of electrons in NH3 is more than in PH3. In general, the force of repulsion between bonded pairs of electrons decreases as we move from NH3 to BiH3 and therefore, the bond angle also decreases in the same order.

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Keshav

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Thank you so much sir awsum explanation

Himanshu Rajput

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Among the trihalides of nitrogen which one is most basic A NF3 B NCl3 C NI3 D NBr3 please answer this question

karan

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I think nitrogen tri fluoride i..e NF3 is more basic among all the halides of nitrogen because it is more elctronegative

raman

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NI3.>NBr3>NCl3>NF3, Because flurine is most electrogativity than other halide, it will pull electrons towards itself so nirtogen cannot give its lone pair electron freely

Vivek Kumar

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Enter your answer here...The bond angle is in this order because flourine is more electronegative so it will pull the electron cloud towards itself resulting in less repulsion between two bond and ultimately bond angle decreases

sahabudin ali

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because flourine is more electronegtivity and it has pull the electron toward itself and then create a lees repulsive bond between two atom and bond angle decreases.

Sanna

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Actually the driving force is the lp- bp repulsions.since down the group bp-bp repulsions are already decreasing thus it`s better to minimise the lp- bp repulsions further so bond angle goes on decreasing

Tony

Last Activity: 6 Years ago

Thanks for your answers!

The answer was really helpful! I was searching this answer for everywhere but was unable to find it.

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Yash Chourasiya

Last Activity: 4 Years ago

Dear Student

The hydrides of these group elements are pyramidal in shape with a lone pair of electrons in one of the orbitals. On moving down the group the bond angles gradually decrease due to a decrease in bond pair-bond pair repulsion.

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