Use principles of molecular structure, intermolecular forces, and kinetic molecular theory to answer the following questions.
a. A complete Lewis electron-dot diagram of a molecule of ethyl methanoate is given below
i. Identify the hybridization of the valence electrons of the carbon
atom labeled Cw.
ii. Estimate the numerical value of the Hy – Cx – O bond angle in the
ethyl methanoate molecule. Explain the basis of your estimate.

In the attached Lewis electron-dot diagram of a molecule of ethyl methanoate, the hybridization of the valence electrons of the carbon atom labeled Cw is sp² hybridization.

The numerical value of the Hy-Cx-O bond angle is 109.5°

i. As we can see in the structure attached, the Cw carbon is making a double bond with oxygen. So it is an sp² hybridized carbon, the one unhybridized p orbital of Cw makes pi with the p orbital of oxygen.

ii. The numerical value of the Hy-Cx-O bond angle is 109.5°. As we can see the Cx is singly bonded with the oxygen and have sp³ hybridization, so the bond angle will be 109.5°.

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