About this document
VSEPR Shapes and Polarity Guide by laptonic is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document describes how the VSEPR (Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion) model can be used to predict the shapes of molecules based on the number of electron groups around the central atom. It lists the electron group arrangements, molecular shapes, bond angles, and hybridizations for common molecular geometries such as linear, trigonal planar, tetrahedral, trigonal bipyramidal, and octahedral. Lone pairs influence the bond angles by causing "squashing" compared to arrangements without lone pairs.
- Author
- laptonic
- Language
- EN