Monday, February 28, 2011

Acrylic Acid: Interpreted in 3-D in Two Ways!

The molecular formula of Acrylic Acid is C3H4O2
3-D Dash Model:


In this 3-D dash model, the arrows with slashes are put in. These particular arrows are able to best represent the electronegativity levels, because the atom with the lesser electronegativity level always points to the atom with a higher electronegativity level, with a small slash to represent how covalent or ionic it is (the closer it is, the more covalent or ionic, in this case covalent). It is a linear molecule because it has no central atom!

3-D Molecule (What it actually looks like):

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