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These were created by Robyn Rindge (Class of '98) who now works for PDI Dreamworks (look for his name in the credits of Shrek2.)
Robyn drew these rotating molecules using Infini-D (MetaCreations).
Only the molecules included in our textbook (General Chemistry by Brady and Humiston 4ed.) were rendered. Most of them are linear anyway.

Click on a picture to link to a page with the GIF file and a short discussion of the molecule.
Steric Number (# bonded atoms + # lone pairs)
6 5 4 3 2
AX6

octahedral
AX5

trigonal bipyramidal
AX4

tetrahedral
AX3

trigonal planar
AX2

linear
1 lone pair of electrons
AX5E

square pyramidal
AX4E

see-saw
AX3E

pyramidal
AX2E

nonlinear
AXE

linear
2 lone pairs of electrons
AX4E2

square planar
AX3E2

T-shaped
AX2E2

bent
AXE2

linear
3 lone pairs of electrons
AX3E3

T-shaped
AX2E3

linear
AXE3

linear
4 lone pairs
AX2E4

linear
AXE4

linear
5 lone pairs
AXE5

linear