Consider the Following Hydrides: NH₃, PH₃, AsH₃, and SbH₃

question 66

Essay

Consider the following hydrides: NH₃, PH₃, AsH₃, and SbH₃.What is their electronic geometry? What is their molecular geometry? Which molecule would you predict has the highest dipole moment? Consider the ideal H - X - H angle, where X is the central atom.Which would you predict has the largest deviation from that angle, and would the observed H - X - H angle be larger or smaller than the ideal value?

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