What property of the electron causes electron domains to have an effect on molecular shapes?

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Whitney Sampson

Chemistry

13 October, 02:48

What property of the electron causes electron domains to have an effect on molecular shapes?

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Darwin Klein · Answer 1

The property of electrons that affects the molecular shape is the charge. Electrons, which all have negative charges, will repel each other when positioned side by side. The more lone pairs of electron present, there will be higher repulsion among them, which affects the whole geometry of the compound.