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  2. VSEPR theory - Wikipedia

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    Valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory (/ ˈ v ɛ s p ər, v ə ˈ s ɛ p ər / VESP-ər, [1]: 410 və-SEP-ər [2]) is a model used in chemistry to predict the geometry of individual molecules from the number of electron pairs surrounding their central atoms. [3]

  3. Sulfur hexafluoride - Wikipedia

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    6 has an octahedral geometry, consisting of six fluorine atoms attached to a central sulfur atom. It is a hypervalent molecule. [citation needed] Typical for a nonpolar gas, SF 6 is poorly soluble in water but quite soluble in nonpolar organic solvents.

  4. Three-center four-electron bond - Wikipedia

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    In the natural bond orbital viewpoint of 3c–4e bonding, the triiodide anion is constructed from the combination of the diiodine (I 2) σ molecular orbitals and an iodide (I −) lone pair. The I − lone pair acts as a 2-electron donor, while the I 2 σ* antibonding orbital acts as a 2-electron acceptor. [12]

  5. Bent's rule - Wikipedia

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    In the case of water, with its 104.5° HOH angle, the OH bonding orbitals are constructed from O(~sp 4.0) orbitals (~20% s, ~80% p), while the lone pairs consist of O(~sp 2.3) orbitals (~30% s, ~70% p). As discussed in the justification above, the lone pairs behave as very electropositive substituents and have excess s character.

  6. Molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    A water molecule has two pairs of bonded electrons and two unshared lone pairs. Tetrahedral: Tetra-signifies four, and -hedral relates to a face of a solid, so "tetrahedral" literally means "having four faces". This shape is found when there are four bonds all on one central atom, with no extra unshared electron pairs.

  7. Electron pair - Wikipedia

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    Gilbert N. Lewis introduced the concepts of both the electron pair and the covalent bond in a landmark paper he published in 1916. [1] [2] MO diagrams depicting covalent (left) and polar covalent (right) bonding in a diatomic molecule. In both cases a bond is created by the formation of an electron pair.

  8. Lewis structure - Wikipedia

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    Initially, one line (representing a single bond) is drawn between each pair of connected atoms. Each bond consists of a pair of electrons, so if t is the total number of electrons to be placed and n is the number of single bonds just drawn, t−2n electrons remain to be placed. These are temporarily drawn as dots, one per electron, to a maximum ...

  9. Seesaw molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    The seesaw geometry occurs when a molecule has a steric number of 5, with the central atom being bonded to 4 other atoms and 1 lone pair (AX 4 E 1 in AXE notation). An atom bonded to 5 other atoms (and no lone pairs) forms a trigonal bipyramid with two axial and three equatorial positions, but in the seesaw geometry one of the atoms is replaced ...