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    Repulsion (I.e. The One That Causes The Smallest Deviation From The Ideal Shape) Is

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    There are three types of electron pair repulsions that occur between atoms in a molecule: lone pair-lone pair, lone pair-bonding pair, and bonding pair-bonding pair. A stable molecule avoids these repulsions, with the weakest repulsion, bonding pair-bonding pair, being preferred over the stronger lone pair repulsions. Larger molecules that cannot maintain 90 degrees between electron pairs will spread across multiple planes to reduce repulsion.

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    Repulsion (I.e. The One That Causes The Smallest Deviation From The Ideal Shape) Is

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    There are three types of electron pair repulsions that occur between atoms in a molecule: lone pair-lone pair, lone pair-bonding pair, and bonding pair-bonding pair. A stable molecule avoids these repulsions, with the weakest repulsion, bonding pair-bonding pair, being preferred over the stronger lone pair repulsions. Larger molecules that cannot maintain 90 degrees between electron pairs will spread across multiple planes to reduce repulsion.

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    There are three types of electron pair repulsions that occur between atoms in a molecule: lone pair-lone pair, lone pair-bonding pair, and bonding pair-bonding pair. A stable molecule avoids these repulsions, with the weakest repulsion, bonding pair-bonding pair, being preferred over the stronger lone pair repulsions. Larger molecules that cannot maintain 90 degrees between electron pairs will spread across multiple planes to reduce repulsion.

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    Repulsion (I.e. The One That Causes The Smallest Deviation From The Ideal Shape) Is

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    There are three types of electron pair repulsions that occur between atoms in a molecule: lone pair-lone pair, lone pair-bonding pair, and bonding pair-bonding pair. A stable molecule avoids these repulsions, with the weakest repulsion, bonding pair-bonding pair, being preferred over the stronger lone pair repulsions. Larger molecules that cannot maintain 90 degrees between electron pairs will spread across multiple planes to reduce repulsion.

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    Three types of repulsion take place between the electrons of a molecule:

    The lone pair-lone pair repulsion The lone pair-bonding pair repulsion between the atoms The bonding pair-bonding pair repulsion.

    A molecule must avoid these repulsions to remain/stay stable. The theory states that; repulsion becomes zero at ~115-120. When repulsion cannot be avoided, the weaker repulsion (i.e. the one that causes the smallest deviation from the ideal shape) is preferred. The lone pair-lone pair (lp-lp) repulsion is considered to be stronger than the lone pair-bonding pair (lp-bp) repulsion, which in turn is stronger than the bonding pairbonding pair (bp-bp) repulsion. Hence, the weaker bp-bp repulsion is preferred over the lp-lp or lp-bp repulsion. Larger molecules which fail to even maintain 90 between their electron pairs prefer to lie in more than one plane.

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