# of

electron
groups
on
central
atom

# of lone
pair
electrons
on
central
atom

# of
bonds
on
central
atom

Electron geometry
(includes bonds
and lone pairs)

180
CO
linear

linear

trigonal planar

Hybridization
of central
atom

sp

linear

2
linear

Molecular geometry
(only includes bonds)

ideal
bond
angles
example

180
BeCl2

sp

BF3
120

sp2

120
SO2

sp2

109.5
CH4

sp3

109.5
NH3

sp3

trigonal planar

2
Bent
V-shaped
trigonal planar

tetrahedral

tetrahedral

3
trigonal pyramidal
tetrahedral

2
Bent
v-shaped

104.5
H2O

sp3

90,
120
PCl5

sp3d

90,
120
SF4

sp3d

ClF2
90

sp3d

tetrahedral

trigonal bipyramidal

trigonal bipyramidal

see-saw
trigonal bipyramidal

trigonal bipyramidal

T-shaped

trigonal bipyramidal

sp3d2

BrF5
90

sp3d2

XeF4
90

sp3d2

square pyramidal

4
square planar
octahedral

SF6
90

octahedral

octahedral

sp3d

linear

octahedral

XeF2
180