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VSEPR Summary Table
Bonding regions and electron geometry and molecular geometry
Term | Definition |
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# of bonding regions 2; Non Bonding regions 0 Total Electron Regions 2+0 = 2 | Electron Geometry = Linear; Molecular Geometry = Linear Angle = 180 Example Co2 |
# of Bonding regions 3; Non Bonding zero Total Electron regions 3+0 = 3 | Electron Geometry = Trigonal Planar; Molecular Geometry = Trigonal Planer; Angle = 120 Example So3 |
# of Bonding regions 2; Non Bonding =1 Total Electron regions 2 + 1 = 3 | Electron Geometry = Trigonal Planar ; Molecular Geometry = Bent; Angle = < 120 Example SO2 |
# Bonding Regions 4; Non Bonding = 0 Total Electron Regions 4+0 = 4 | Electron Geometry = Tetrahedral; Molecular Geometry = Tetrahedral ; Angle = 109 |
# of bonding regions 3 ; Non bonding = 1 Total Electron Regions 3+ 1 = 4 | Electron Geometry = Tetrahedral ; Molecular Geometry = Trigonal Pyramid; Angle = < 109 Example NH3 |
# of Bonding regions 2; non bonding = 2 Total electron regions = 2+2 = 4 | Electron Geometry = Tetrahedral ; Molecular Geometry = Bent Angle = <109 Example H2O |