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For example, in carbon dioxide (CO 2), which does not have a lone pair, the oxygen atoms are on opposite sides of the carbon atom (linear molecular geometry), whereas in water (H 2 O) which has two lone pairs, the angle between the hydrogen atoms is 104.5° (bent molecular geometry).
[5]: 108 In alkoxides, oxygen forms a single bond with carbon and accepts an electron from a metal to form an alkoxide anion, R–O −, with three lone pairs. In oxonium ions, one of oxygen's two lone pairs is used to form a third covalent bond which generates a cation, >O + – or =O + – or ≡O +, with one lone pair remaining.
The attractive force draws molecules closer together and gives a real gas a tendency to occupy a smaller volume than an ideal gas. Which interaction is more important depends on temperature and pressure (see compressibility factor). In a gas, the distances between molecules are generally large, so intermolecular forces have only a small effect.
AX 2 E 1 molecules, such as SnCl 2, have only one lone pair and the central angle about 120° (the centre and two vertices of an equilateral triangle). They have three sp 2 orbitals. There exist also sd-hybridised AX 2 compounds of transition metals without lone pairs: they have the central angle about 90° and are also classified as bent.
In fully delocalized canonical molecular orbital theory, it is often the case that none of the molecular orbitals of a molecule are strictly non-bonding in nature. However, in the context of localized molecular orbitals, the concept of a filled, non-bonding orbital tends to correspond to electrons described in Lewis structure terms as "lone pairs."
The 1b 1 MO is a lone pair, while the 3a 1, 1b 2 and 2a 1 MO's can be localized to give two O−H bonds and an in-plane lone pair. [30] This MO treatment of water does not have two equivalent rabbit ear lone pairs. [31] Hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) too has a C 2v symmetry with 8 valence electrons but the bending angle is only 92°.
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As described by the VSEPR model, the five valence electron pairs on the central atom form a trigonal bipyramid in which the three lone pairs occupy the less crowded equatorial positions and the two bonded atoms occupy the two axial positions at the opposite ends of an axis, forming a linear molecule.