H20 Shape

H20 Shape

If there are two bond pairs and two lone pairs of electrons the molecular geometry is angular or bent (e.g. H2O). Five electron pairs give a starting point that is a trigonal bipyramidal structure.

Is h20 shape bent?

An example of bent molecular geometry that results from tetrahedral electron pair geometry is H2O. The water molecule is so common that it is wise to just memorize that water is a BENT molecule. The oxygen has 6 valence electrons and thus needs 2 more electrons from 2 hydrogen atoms to complete its octet.

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