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    The document discusses lanthanide contractions and the diagonal relationships between lanthanide elements. It also covers the octet rule in chemistry, which states that atoms bond to acquire eight valence electrons, and the Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory, which predicts molecular geometry based on electron pair repulsion around a central atom. The VSEPR theory has some limitations.

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    The document discusses lanthanide contractions and the diagonal relationships between lanthanide elements. It also covers the octet rule in chemistry, which states that atoms bond to acquire eight valence electrons, and the Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory, which predicts molecular geometry based on electron pair repulsion around a central atom. The VSEPR theory has some limitations.

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    The document discusses lanthanide contractions and the diagonal relationships between lanthanide elements. It also covers the octet rule in chemistry, which states that atoms bond to acquire eight valence electrons, and the Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory, which predicts molecular geometry based on electron pair repulsion around a central atom. The VSEPR theory has some limitations.

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    Lanthanide contractions

    Lanthanide contractions
    Alternation effect
    Diagonal relationships
    The octet rule

    • Atoms share electron pairs until they have acquired an octet of valence electrons

    • Each atom shares electrons with neighbouring atoms to achieve a total of eight
    valenceelectrons (an ‘octet’).

    Lewis Structure/Lewis Theory/Lewis Electron dot formula


    The VSEPR model/theory

    VSEPR : Valance Shell Electron Pair Repulsion

    Central theme: All the valance shell electron pairs ( both bond and lone pair) are oriented in
    space around the central atom as far apart as possible to minimize the repulsion

    Lone pair - lone pair > lone pair - bond pair> bond pair - bond pair
    How to predict geometry using VSEPR theory
    Limitations of the VSEPR model

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