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Bond angles

Pace2008 · 2011-12-14 09:27:15

I'm looking somequestions here and there are a few on bond angles that have me a bit confused. I'm asked to predict for example, the O-Mn-O and K-O-Mn bond angles in KMnO4, and explain my reasoning. I'm not really sure what the bond angles should look like outside of covalent bonds - can you apply VSEPR theory (I can't…

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14-12-2011 10:27am

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I'm looking somequestions here and there are a few on bond angles that have me a bit confused. I'm asked to predict for example, the O-Mn-O and K-O-Mn bond angles in KMnO4, and explain my reasoning. I'm not really sure what the bond angles should look like outside of covalent bonds - can you apply VSEPR theory (I can't really see how) or is there another way to go about it?

Any help appreciated.

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#2 14-12-2011 1:55pm
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You can apply VSEPR theory, so just apply it to each atom that you want the geometry of, if is fairly easy for the oxygen, and slightly more complicated for the Manganese, post up what you get and I'll tell you if you are on the right track...

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