How do you determine the molecular geometry of the molecule #BeCl_2#?

Answer 1

Apply, VESPER.......and we get a linear #BeCl_2# molecule.

How many valence electron pairs surround the central beryllium atom? Beryllium forms 2 electron pairs to make #2xxBe-Cl# bonds. VESPER suggests that the electron pairs are arranged in a way that MINIMIZES their interaction, and thus #/_Cl-Be-Cl=180^@#; the molecule is therefore LINEAR.

Around each chlorine atom there are 4 electron pairs (the 7 native Cl electrons), and the one from beryllium involved in the #Be-Cl# bond. These electron pairs are arranged in a tetrahedral geometry, but because these are non-bonding lone pairs, here they do not influence geometry.

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Answer 2

Serenity Allen

BeCl2's molecular geometry is linear.

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