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swat32
3 years ago
7

Explain why bond angle of H2O is greater than OF2

Chemistry
1 answer:
atroni [7]3 years ago
7 0
It's only a small difference (103 degrees versus 104 degrees in water), and I believe the usual rationalization is that since F is more electronegative than H, the electrons in the O-F bond spend more time away from the O (and close to the F) than the electrons in the O-H bond. That shifts the effective center of the repulsive force between the bonding pairs away from the O, and hence away from each other. So the repulsion between the bonding pairs is slightly less, while the repulsion between the lone pairs on the O is the same -- the result is the angle between the bonds is a little less.

Hope this helps!
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