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General Chemistry: Supplementary Material to VSEPR Theory

Electron Bond Angle Electron Number of Number of Molecular

Domains Domain Lone Pairs Bonding Pairs Geometry
Geometry
0 2 linear
2 180° linear
0 3 trigonal planar
3 120° trigonal planar
1 2 bent/v-shaped

0 4 tetrahedral

1 3 trigonal
4 109.5° tetrahedral
pyramidal
2 2 bent/v-shaped

0 5 trigonal
bipyramidal
1 4 seesaw
trigonal
5 120°, 90°
bipyramidal 2 3 T-shaped

3 2 linear

0 6 octahedral

1 5 square
6 90° octahedral
pyramidal
2 4 square planar