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tetrahedral bond angle
the bond angle
(109.5
°
)
formed by an
sp
3
hybridized atom that has no lone pairs.
tetrahedral carbon
a carbon that forms covalent bonds using four
sp
3
hybrid orbitals.
trigonal planar carbon
an
sp
2
hybridized carbon.
triple bond
a bond composed of a sigma bond and two pi bonds.
valence electron
an electron in an outermost shell.
valence-shell electron-pair
a model for the prediction of molecular geometry based on the minimization of
repulsion (VSEPR) model
electron repulsion between bonding electrons and nonbonding electrons around
an atom.
wave equation
an equation that describes the behavior of each electron in an atom or a molecule.
wave functions
a series of solutions to a wave equation.