Chemistry (4th Edition)

by Burdge, Julia

Published by McGraw-Hill Publishing Company

ISBN 10: 0078021529

ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-152-7

Chapter 9 - Questions and Problems - Page 414: 9.6

Answer

$CH_{4}$ is actually a tetrahedral

Work Step by Step

The hydrogens in $CH_{4}$ want to spread apart as far as possible. Since VSEPR takes account of three dimentionality, the furthest to spread apart is a tetrahedral arrangement

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