Six bonding
pairs
Sulphur (VI) fluoride
['Sulphur hexafluoride']
The
bond angle is 90o
Non-bonding pairs
If some electron
pairs are non-bonding, the molecule adopts a similar shape, but with one or more
atoms 'missing'. The 'missing' atoms are the locations of the lone pairs.
Xenon (IV) fluoride
['Xenon tetrafluoride'] has two lone pairs and four bonding pairs. The shape
is square and planar - an octahedral arrangement with two atoms missing.
Introduction
One
and two bonding pairs
Three
bonding pairs
Four
bonding pairs
Five
bonding pairs
Four
bonding/lone pairs