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3 years ago

The _______ geometry of a water molecule is tetrahedral even though the molecular geometry is bent

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IRINA_888 [86]3 years ago

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The electron geometry of a water molecule is tetrahedral even though the molecular geometry is bent.

As water molecule hybridisation is sp³ that provides it a electron geometry tetrahedral but due to presence of 2 lone pairs and 2 bond pairs its molecular geometry is bent.

The hybridisation sp³ makes electron geometry of a water molecule tetrahedral but the presence of 2 lone pairs makes its molecular geometry bent

Stolb23 [73]3 years ago

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Answer:

the electron geometry of a water molecule is tetrahedral.

Explanation:

There are four pair of electrons on oxygen central atom, these electron pairs are arranged in tetrahedral manner and thus electron geometry is tetrahedral.

The hybridization is sp³ and thus there are four hybridized orbitals,

However there are two bonded electron pairs and two lone pair of electrons.

Thus the two hydrogen atoms are arranged in bent shape.

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