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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