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Archy [21]
3 years ago
13

Explain how lone pairs of electrons influence the shape of a molecule.

Chemistry
1 answer:
Ronch [10]3 years ago
3 0

Explanation:

the lone pairs will be negatively charged. these have a repulsion effect on other negatively charged electrons in the shells of atoms. picture a water molecule: the lone electron pair on the top of the oxygen will have a repulsion force on the 2 hydrogen atom's orbiting electrons to cause a bent molecular geometry.

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