This fulfills the Octet Rule. Acetic acid has trigonal planar molecular shape around the carbon atom bound to the oxygens, tetrahedral molecular shape around the methyl carbon, and bent molecular shape around the oxygen atom with the single bonds. The electron pair geometry around the carbon atom bound to the oxygens is trigonal planar . The electron pair geometry around the methyl carbon and the oxygen atom with the single bonds is tetrahedral . This is the structural formula for acetic acid.
Acetic acid has molecular polarity.
The partial specific negative charge is on the oxygen atom and the partial specific positive charge is on the hydrogen atom. Animated molecular model of acetic acid . All Material Copyright Eastern ChemWeb, Eastern Oregon University, 1996-1997.