VSEPR General Chemistry I

VSEPR THEORY
Electron Pairs Electron-Pair Geometry Lone Pairs VSEPR Notation Molecular Geometry Example
2 linear 0 AB
2
linear BeCl
2
3 trigonal planar 0 AB
3
trigonal planar BF
3
3 trigonal planar 1 AB
2
E bent (angular) SO
2
4 tetrahedral 0 AB
4
tetrahedral CH
4
4 tetrahedral 1 AB
3
E trigonal pyramidal NH
3
4 tetrahedral 2 AB
2
E
2
bent (angular) OH
2
5 trigonal bipyramidal 0 AB
5
trigonal bipyramidal PCl
5
5 trigonal bipyramidal 1 AB
4
E sawhorse, seesaw SF
4
5 trigonal bipyramidal 2 AB
3
E
2
T-shaped ClF
3
5 trigonal bipyramidal 3 AB
2
E
3
linear XeF
2
6 octahedral 0 AB
6
octahedral SF
6
6 octahedral 1 AB
5
E square pyramidal BrF
5
6 octahedral 2 AB
4
E
2
square planar XeF
4
Hybridization Schemes
Electron Pairs Hybrid Orbitals Geometry
2 sp linear
3 sp
2
trigonal planar
4 sp
3
tetrahedral
5 sp
3
d trigonal bipyramidal
6 sp
3
d
2
octahedral