geometry

OF

Molecules
 OF By

olecules
RECAP
 Valence Shell
Electron Pair
Repulsion

VSEPR
principle
Theory
 VSEPR Theory
Molecular geometry can be
predicted based on the notion
that electron pairs in molecules
tend to repel each other and
achieve a maximum separation
from each other.
Ax 2 line

x A x
o
180
Ax 3 x
trigonal
planar

A
o
120

x x
Ax 4 x tetrahedral

A x
x o
x 109.5
Ax 5 x trigonal
bipyramidal
x
x A
f
f

120
o

o x
90 x
Ax 6 x Octahedral
x
x A x
f
o
x

x 90
f
Ax 3 x
trigonal
planar

A
o
120

x x
Ax2E Bent
E

A
o
120

x x
Ax 4 x tetrahedral

A x
x o
x 109.5
Ax3E trigonal
Pyramidal
E

A x o
x x 109.5
Ax 2E 2 BEnt
E

A x
E o
x 109.5
Ax 5 x trigonal
bipyramidal
x
x A
f
f

120
o

o x
90 x
Ax4e x SEESAW
x
A 120
o
E
f

x o
x
90
Ax 3e 2 x T-SHAPED

E
o
E f
90
x
x
Ax 2e 3 x linear

E
o
E
f

E 180
x
Ax 6 x Octahedral
x
x A x
f
o
x

x 90
f
Ax 6 x Square
Pyramidal
x
A x
E

f
o
x

x 90
f
Ax 4e 2 x Square
Planar
x
A

E
E
x o
90
f