Molecules in this category may have three, four, five or six
atoms. The configuration is specified as AX
5 for the
case with six total
atoms and AX
4E for the case with five atoms, AX
3E
2
for the case with four and AX
2E
3 for the
case
with three. Remeber the "E" represents electron groups that are
not
involved in bonding, the "X" atoms around the central atom and the "A"
is
the central atom. Molecules of the type AX
5 are
trigonal
bipyramidal,
molecules of the type AX
4E are
seesaw,
molecules of the type AX
3E
2 are
T-shaped,
and molecules of the type AX
2E
3 are
linear.