Question

Is caf2 linear or bent

Answer 1

Calcium Fluoride is a polyatomic molecule that contains one calcium molecule and two fluoride molecules. Calcium Fluoride is a Quasilinear molecule the bonds are created from the single electrons of calcium and the single electron from fluoride. CaF2 has its electrons contained with in the 3d orbitals and are able to move between dyz and dz2 squared. The molecule in linear when they are in the dz2 orbitals the molecule is also the most stable in this shape. When the electrons are in the dyz orbitals the molecule becomes bent. The molecule resonates between these two shapes making it quasilinear. Figures two and three show how the d-orbitals cause the molecule to bend.